Airline says overweight tourists must pay for extra seat to fly over Nazca Lines
The tourist airline Aeroparacas has sent out the following communique: Lima, 23 de Marzo del 2011 Attention: Travel Agents I am writing to inform you…
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The Caretakers of Machu Picchu
Anthropologist Fernando Astete and his staff often receive well-deserved accolades for their work running the day-to-day operations of Machu Picchu, as well as overseeing the protection and preservation of the Inca citadel.
Vilca Lords and the Lord of Wari on exhibit in Cusco
This is one of those “missing link” discoveries — the type that gives Peruvian archaeology an unexpected push in a new direction, opening a whole new perspective.
Peru cracks down on illegal gold miners in Amazon jungle
An update to the Feb. 13, 2011, post about unregulated gold exploitation contaminating and destroying huge swaths of Peru’s mega-diverse southern Amazon jungle:
Bickering over Machu Picchu centennial celebration could cause delay of event
The Yale Daily News is reporting that crates marked “fragile” are already filled with artifacts excavated from Machu Picchu and stacked in a corner room in a building on Yale University’s West Campus, ready to go.