Inca mastery of landscape and environment is epitomised at Machu Picchu, their most famous ruin. Many archaeologists believe Machu Picchu was a summer retreat for the emperor and his family.

The final session in this unit crosses the Atlantic further west to the mountains of Peru where, at the mysterious Machu Picchu, we reconstruct an Inca astronomical Temple of the Sun amidst rock ...

Our experts help you decide. Tantalising mysteries surround Machu Picchu's purpose. Possibly a royal retreat or a sacred site for the sun worshipping Incas, it's shaped by cosmology, with ...