From all throughout the empire, including the Amazonas region, workers and retainers were employed at the renowned mountain estate.

According to the results of a recent study that examined ancient DNA recovered at the site, a wide variety of people from all across the Inca empire lived and worked at Machu Picchu, which served as the Inca emperor's royal palace.

The study's findings, which were published on July 26, 2023 in the journal Science Advances, revealed that the laborers and retainers at the estate originated from all around the empire, with some of them even arriving from the Amazonas region.