Ollantaytambo: an enduring Inca temple and a Quechua love story
☼ Inca Tours and Romantic Vacations ☼ Ollantaytambo is a town located at the end of the Sacred Valley along the Urubamba River, roughly 37…
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Girl power in ancient Peru of the Moche
The Internet exploded with girl power fervor last month over the discovery of a 1,200-year-old tomb belonging to a high Moche priestess. It was the eighth elite female mummy excavated at San José de Moro in little more than two decades — evidence that women governed in that region of ancient Peru. Jezebel posted this enthusiastic headline:
Extra! Extra! Crowds through the clouds to Choquequirao
The plans to build a cable car to Machu Picchu’s sister city, Choquequirao got some long-overdue attention with an article last week by Carla Salazar and Frank Bajak at The Associated Press.
Peru’s archaeological art of the ancients
Imagine a future thousands of years from now, in which the context and characteristics of Western Civilization have been lost to recorded history. In a futuristic archaeology museum, visitors admire and puzzle over the excavated remains of the Sistine Chapel.
Inca Ice Maiden mummy tests false-positive for cocaine?
Did you read how scientists have determined that a 13-year-old girl selected for Inca ritual sacrifice 500 years ago was plied with massive amounts of alcohol and cocaine for up to a year before her death?