2,430 metres (8,000 ft) above sea level on a mountain ridge above the Urubamba Valley in Peru stand the ruins of Machu Picchu, a pre-Columbian Inca site rediscovered in 1911 by archaeologist Hiram Bingham.
500 imposing statues, carved in stone, stand as proof that pre-Hispanic cultures inhabited this region of Colombia for over fifteen centuries.
An ancient Inca city in Peru, similar to Machu Picchu, but more remote and not so visited.
A site of Inca ruins, famous for its sunken amphitheater, made up of four circular terraces.
