Peru’s pre-eminent historian María Rostworowski is 98 today
Few historians have made as great an impact on our understanding of pre-Columbian Peru and the mysterious Inca Empire as María Rostworowski Tovar de Diez Canseco.
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Strange Story From Peru: The dictator’s mistress and the reluctant bridegroom
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.
Airlines to Peru and the runways of aviation history: Peruvian airport names
If you vacation in Peru, you might wonder about the names of the airports.
Peruvian Pisco’s 400-year history on exhibit in historic Lima
Four hundred years ago, on April 30, 1613, Pedro Manuel, a prosperous merchant from Peru’s Ica Valley, signed his last will and testament.
Visit Sacsayhuaman to ponder an awesome megalithic mystery
Visit Cusco and you can witness one of the greatest structures ever erected, the Inca fortress temple of Sacsayhuaman.