Best Books on Machu Picchu

Machu Picchu - Stone Offerings Book CoverAward winning book Stone Offerings Machu Picchu’s Terraces of Enlightenment contains over 100 breathtaking photographs, revealing the inspirational magic of Machu Picchu in Peru.  The coffee table book includes a photographic map, description of major points of interest and a moving introduction by Peruvian born author Marie Arana, which  appears in both English and Spanish. Stone Offerings takes you on a vicarious journey into the Andes Mountains where you will see Machu Picchu with hardly any visitors evident! Learn more here…

2010 Benjamin Franklin Award for Best Book in the Arts Category

2010 Next Generation Indie Book Award Finalist for Coffee Table Books / Photography


Photographic Map

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Photo Galleries

Beautiful and unique images that capture the magic of Machu Picchu more...

Machu Picchu Site

Who were its builders? Why did it vanish for nearly 400 years? more...

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    • In the Wonderland of Peru

      I am lucky enough to have received a copy of the April, 1913 issue of National Geographic Magazine (pictured above) which is, in its entirety, devoted to the 1912 expedition to Machu Picchu that was funded by the National Geographic Society  and led…

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    • Finding Machu Picchu…

      99 years ago, tomorrow, Hiram Bingham of Yale University was led up to terraces high above the Urubamba River in Peru where he found the ruins of Machu Picchu covered by the surrounding forest. It had been almost 400 years…

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