After twelve-year-old Addison Cooke's uncle unearths ancient Incan secrets in Peru, he is kidnapped by a shadowy organization intent on stealing the treasure unless Addison and his friends can decipher the clues first.

Join archaeologist Arizona Smith and a young detective-in-training as they visit the Andes Mountains to explore the civilization of the Incas.

Exploration of the ruined Inca city, Machu Picchu, which was rediscovered in 1911, and the mysteries concerning the function of this city in the ancient Inca civilization.

A 2.400 metros de altitud, en el corazón de la cordillera andina, se alzan las ruinas de una misteriosa y antigua ciudad llamada Machu Picchu. Este importante enclave Inca permaneció oculto durante 400 añoñs, hasta que el explorador Hiram Bingham dio con él en 1911. La falta de registros escritos por sus orígenes y su historio rodeó la ciudad de un velo de misterio.

Hugh Thompson has made a career exploring the mysterious pre-Columbian cultures of ancient Peru, providing unforgettable accounts of South America's most strange--but enduring--culture. Here, he takes us from the great Moche pyramids to remote sites in the central highlands that date back to the first millennium BCE--ancient Incan sites of the Andes that remain cloaked in mystery. He elegantly interweaves his account of the rise, decline, and fall...