Elizabeth Mann provides the context in which the marvelous ancient city was built, and its significance as a site of current research. Now in paperback: The story about the rise of the Inkas and the building of a great city, Machu Picchu, set in a remote, inaccessible area of the high Andes.

Describes the history of the Inca civilization and the construction of the city of Machu Picchu in the Andes Mountains.