Genetics & DNA

Machu Picchu: Ancient DNA sheds new light on Lost City of the Incas 5

Machu Picchu: Ancient DNA sheds new light on Lost City of the Incas

Machu Picchu originally functioned as a palace within the estate of the Inca emperor Pachacuti between 1420 and 1532 CE. Before this study, little was known about the people who lived and died there, where they came from or how they were related to the inhabitants of the Inca capital of Cusco.