The Inca: Masters of the Clouds Episode 1 of 2. Dr Jago Cooper from the British museum travels to Peru and Ecuador to the stunning areas of Machu Picchu and Cusco to look at the beginnings of the great Inca empire. The Inca managed to transform one of the most challenging and hostile environments and new discoveries are now challenging our preconceptions on how we think they lived and developed into one of the most significant and successful civilizations ever.