Peru is known as a country of superlatives. It contains the most and highest tropical glaciers and the deepest canyon in the world. The Inca formed the largest and most advanced pre-Columbian empire in the hemisphere. But Peru might just also hold title to the 20th century’s most bizarre shotgun wedding.
Five months ago Peru’s Ministry of Culture announced a major archaeological discovery: an underground temple on the outskirts of Lima that could be 5,000 years old, making it one of the oldest in the Americas.
The president of the Association of Cusco Tour Agencies says he’s concerned that poor management and overcrowding at Machu Picchu is taking an undue toll on the iconic Inca citadel, and he blames the Ministry of Culture.
Visit Cusco and you can witness one of the greatest structures ever erected, the Inca fortress temple of Sacsayhuaman.
Visitors to Peru’s most famous archeological site, the ancient Inca city of Machu Picchu, surpassed one million tourists for the first time ever in 2012.