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Category Archives: Prominent Peruvians

Llama-supported treks coming soon to Peru’s Chaparrí Reserve

By Fertur Peru Travel | Published: May 7, 2013

☼ Peru Nature Tours and Travel Adventures ☼ Chaparrí, the private reserve in Northern Peru created and run by the local community, will soon offer visitors llama-supported treks, according to the reserve Director Heinz Plenge. “We are talking about hikes of about eight hours along marked routes,” Plenge told state-run news agency Andina. Chaparrí is one of [...]

Also posted in Destinations, Family Travel, Lambayeque, News, Travel Photography, Wildlife | Tagged Heinz Plenge, horse and llama supported hikes, llama treks, wildlife reserve | Leave a comment

Celebrations marking discovery of Ancient site of Caral

By Fertur Peru Travel | Published: October 14, 2012

Eighteen years ago, this month, archaeologist Dr. Ruth Shady began her breakthrough investigation of Caral, one of the oldest civilizations in the Americas. In this residential and ceremonial center she discovered six pyramids, and a series of middle-sized and small buildings, including temples, residential areas, public plazas, amphitheaters, storehouses, a circular coliseum, tombs, altars and [...]

Also posted in Ancash, Archaeological Sites, Art & Culture, Destinations, Events, Festivals, News | Tagged ancient cultures, Caral, cradle of civilization, quipu, Ruth Shady, Supe, UNESCO World Heritage site | Leave a comment

Thank you María Rostworowski on your birthday for a lifetime of work bringing Peruvian history to life

By Rick Vecchio | Published: August 8, 2012

The Conquest of Peru is a grand historic tale of intrigue and treachery that most of us know from history class and guidebooks. It normally begins with Francisco Pizarro and his small force of Spanish-sanctioned mercenaries capturing Atahualpa in Cajamarca in November 1532, then ransoming the Sapa Inca, only to execute him after they are paid [...]

Also posted in Art & Culture, Books on Peru, History | Tagged Maria Rostworowski, Peru ethnohistory | Leave a comment

The story of the bewitching Perricholi

By Rick Vecchio | Published: March 29, 2012

In a verdant valley outside the provincial capital city of Huanuco lies the “village of bewitchment” Tomayquichua, the legendary birth place of one of Peru’s most famous Colonial-era women, Micaela Villegas, the “Perricholi.” This young stage actress’ most famous role was as the seductress of the Spanish Viceroy Manuel de Amat y Junient, an aging [...]

Also posted in Art & Culture, Books on Peru, History, Nostalgia | Tagged Early Spanish Colonial history, Micaela Villegas, Perricholi, Viceroy Manuel de Amat y Junient | Leave a comment

How the mystery of Francisco Pizarro was solved

By Fertur Peru Travel | Published: January 10, 2012

  Wrong Bones in That Sarcophagus: 444 Years Later, Mystery of Pizarro Is Laid to Rest February 10th, 1985 | WILLIAM D. MONTALBANO | Times Staff Writer LIMA, Peru—The life and bloody assassination of Francisco Pizarro are well-documented. The mystery, however, did not begin until after his death–and it has endured for four centuries. Now, [...]

Also posted in Archaeological Sites, Destinations, History, Lima | Tagged Francisco Pizzaro, Lima Cathedral | Leave a comment

The creation legend of the Moche Temple of the Moon

By Rick Vecchio | Published: June 6, 2011

The Huaca de la Luna (Temple of the Moon) is the largest Moche archaeological complex, and one of the most impressive ruins to visit in Peru, on par with Machu Picchu or Kuelap or Chan Chan. Located five kilometers from the city of Trujillo, the site juts from the White Mountain, considered a deity (or [...]

Also posted in Archaeological Sites, Family Travel, Trujillo | Tagged Henry Gayoso, Huaca de la Luna, Moche, Mochica, Temple of the Moon | Leave a comment

Podcast: Credit where credit is due in Hiram Bingham’s scientific discovery of Machu Picchu

By Rick Vecchio | Published: May 23, 2011

Interview with Daniel Buck Some little-known facts about Hiram Bingham and his 1911 scientific discovery of Machu Picchu: The “Bingham look” (khaki jodhpurs, tall leather boots, hunting  jacket, grey cardigan and wide-brimmed fedora hat) was picked from a prestigious clothing catalog.  Bingham ordered his outfit and his supplies from Abercrombie & Fitch Co. popular product [...]

Also posted in Archaeological Sites, Cusco, History, Machu Picchu, Podcast | Tagged Albert Giesecke, Dan Buck, Daniel Buck, Hiram Bingham, Machu Picchu 100th anniversary, Machu Picchu centennial | 3 Comments

The Caretakers of Machu Picchu

By Rick Vecchio | Published: March 18, 2011

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. But readers of El Comercio on Friday got to see just how seriously eight mountaineering members of Astete’s crew take their jobs. They [...]

Also posted in Archaeological Sites, Climbing, Cusco, Destinations, Machu Picchu, News | Tagged Andenes Orientales, Fernando Astete, Guillermo Cock, Inkaraqay, new Machu Picchu attractions | 1 Comment

Podcast: Ancient Peruvian Cosmovision

By Rick Vecchio | Published: March 9, 2011

Interview with Larco Museum Director Andrés Álvarez Calderón Important archaeological discoveries in recent years have shown that Peru was the world’s Sixth Cradle of Civilization, contemporaneous with Egypt, Mesopotamia, India, Mexico and China. In this interview, Andrés Álvarez Calderón explains the innovative curatorial narrative the museum uses to explain that vaulted status. He also talks [...]

Also posted in Archaeological Sites, Art & Culture, Podcast | Tagged ancient Peruvian cultures, ancient Peruvian religion, Ancient Peruvian treasures, Larco Museum, Peru archaeology, Peru archeology, Peruvian cosmo vision, Pre-Columbian cultures, Rafael Larco Hoyle | Leave a comment