A mysterious stone statue, possibly the portrait of the great Inca emperor Pachacuti ... a cave below the Torreon or the Temple of the Sun in Machu Picchu, and later moved to an upper crypt.

Inside, an empty niche once held a statue of Inti, the Inca sun god, flanked by sheets of gold. “When the light caught them,” wrote one Spaniard who beheld it, “the idol could not be seen ...

Walking through Machu Picchu, one can't help but marvel at how such a remote and rugged location became a thriving center of ...

Small statue from Peru Some of you might just recognise ... Gold was the emblem of the great Inca sun-god, and represented his generative powers. Gold was described as "sweat of the sun" just ...