Archeology
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Cuzco’s Inca Heritage Faces Severe Threats
The massive stones of Cuzco, arranged like complex puzzles, one on another seem eternal. Nevertheless, a ruling by Judge Marina…
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Another Mysterious Treasure in Cuzco, The Huaca Mesa Redonda
A place of mysteries and silences, all the while it receives more than a million visitors each year, Cuzco holds…
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Conopas and Illas, Miniatures and Amulets in Andean Religion
Religion was one of the fundamental principles of the Inca Epoch. The people were polytheists, since they worshipped various gods.…
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Walls that Made History
Considered center of the universe and principle city of the Incas, Qosqo or Cuzco is one of the few cities…
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Collcas on the Hill, Inca Food Storage and Governance
The Inca civilization was based on agriculture. They carefully developed what we could call today “a practice of savings”. For…
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The Great Ceremonial and Utilitarian Vessel, the Q’ero, Has Lots of Meaning.
The beautiful q’eros have a long history of importance in Cuzco. Q’ero means wood. They were wooden cups that the…
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Huaqueros–Grave Robbers–Seek Treasure during Holy Week
Holy Week is many things, the axis of the Catholic calendar and the time when huaqueros (wah-kay-rows), grave robbers, hits…
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Water Has Deep Meaning in Cuzco
Inca Cuzco was like an Island, a city between the Saphi and Tullumayu rivers. Though you can’t see them today,…
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Two Stories, Two Suns, and Inca History
Inca history is like a pot smashed in time whose pieces are scattered. Scholars and others pick up the pieces,…
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Cuzco, A Sacred Place, and the Deity Viracocha
Cuzco has long been a holy city. Of course, today, its holiness is manifest in the millions of tourists who…
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