Machu Picchu is Mexican? Hollywood thinks so.
Walt Disney’s Beverly Hills Chihuahua (trailer) will perhaps re-educate the next US generation to enlighten them of this fact that has been carefully researched by Hollywood writers.
Archive for July, 2008
Bosque de Pomac pyramid in danger
On the banks of the Rio Leche is the Pomac Forest, ancestral home of the Sicán civilisation and builders of tens of truncated pyramids throughout the valley, many of which were brought to the attention of the world by Japanese archaeologist Izumi Shimada.
It is he again that brings to the world the news that one of the 3,000 year old structures is being systematically destroyed by people invading the protected area and planting crops on the pyramid itself.
Yma Sumac
Probably Peru’s greatest artist and definitely the best known internationally, female soprano Yma Sumac is nothing less than a legend.
Born Zoila Augusta Emperatriz Chavarri del Castillo, she is said to be a direct descendent of Inca Atahualpa on the part of her mother, Ima Shumaq, though this, as well as her exact year and town of birth, isn’t truly known by anyone other than the woman herself.
July 29, 2008 | Culture & History
Machu Picchu Virtual Tour
I’ve found this really great video of a walk around the ruins of the
Inca citadel of Machu Picchu. Enjoy.
July 26, 2008 | Archaeology, Cusco Guide
Poisonous Amazon caterpillars kill Canadian
It was a freak encounter with tragic consequences.
A Canadian woman who had travelled to South America last year died 10 days after stepping, barefoot, on venomous caterpillars, a team of Edmonton doctors reported Monday in the Canadian Medical Association Journal.
July 15, 2008 | News
New Moche tomb discovered
Invoking memories of Walter Alva’s spectacular and world renowned discovery of the Señor de Sipán tomb in 1987, another discovery has been made not far away.
July 7, 2008 | Archaeology, News
Cruz del Viajero
Placed by Franciscan monks in 1672 in the small town of Magdalena Vieja, now Pueblo Libre, the Traveller’s Cross followed a tradition started by Conquistador Francisco Pizarro, a tradition that required the placement of a cross on the main routes to other parts of the country.
July 2, 2008 | Culture & History, Lima City Guide
