Culture
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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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Great Find, Archeology of Peru Website
Peru is one of the world’s great centers for archeological work. Its archeologists along with foreigners are constantly working to…
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New Evidence Discovered on Sweet Potatoes’ Spread to Oceania
Sweet potatoes hold a mystery. They are native to South America and yet somehow got completely across the Pacific, becoming…
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Sacsayhuaman, the Great God of Cuzco
Sacsayhuaman reclines on the crest above Cuzco. A very important site for Inca Cuzco, massive in grandeur, it continues to…
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Archaeology, People, and Tensions in Cuzco
You may see the glories of Cuzco, the gigantic zig zag wall of Sacsayhuaman, the rounded blackness of the Qoricancha,…
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Machu Picchu and Sustainability
Solid and permanent, like the stone on which it stands, Machu Picchu is Peru’s main tourist attraction and a fantasy…
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The Great Stones Shimmer on Hatunrumiyoq Street
Massive, irregular stones incline inward while making a jungle of light and shadow on three sides of what is today…
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