The Inca citadel, 2,400 metres (7,782 feet) high in the Andes, was being used in the ad for Cusquena beer by US publicity firm J Walter Thompson when a crane smashed into a centuries-old granite sun ...

Intihuatana Stone (Machu Picchu, Peru) | The Intihuatana Stone is a ritual stone located at the renowned archaeological site Machu Picchu in Peru.

The Intihuatana stone at Machu Picchu casts no shadow at noon on either equinox. Photo courtesy of Flickr user snikrap. On September 22, as the sun nears its zenith in the Peruvian sky, the shadow ...

One hundred years after it was discovered, some architectural treasures are still overlooked. On 24 July, 1911, Hiram Bingham III, a young history lecturer from Yale University, climbed a steep ...

The Intihuatana was used by Inca astronomers to predict solstices and was of great importance in Inca mythology and agriculture. It is considered to be the most important shrine in Machu Picchu, ...

Intihuatana, or the ritual stone associated with the Inca calendar. Credit: iStock. Though Machu Picchu as a whole is spectacular, there are certain sites in particular you will want to visit.

Peru restricts access to Machu Picchu 05/11/2019 May 11, 2019. Thousands of visitors each day make the trek up to the ancient Inca ruins deep in the Andes mountains.

Peru suspends visits to the Temple of the Condor and the Temple of the Sun, as well as the Intihuatana, a carved stone structure that was sacred to the Incas. Peru announced Thursday it is ...