Machu Picchu the place that has thrilled rogues and royalty alike for centuries.When the ruins were discovered , they laid smothered between layers of jungle , known only to a handful of local farmers .

From the maze of temples , getaways , palaces , chambers and squares – clinging to terraces cut from the almost vertical hillside – archaeologists pieced together the story of a civilisation that once ruled supreme in this high altitude , exotic region .