Interview with Archaeologist Guillermo Cock A hundred years ago, Yale history Prof. Hiram Bingham “discovered” Machu Picchu, revealing to the world what we now recognize as one of the planet’s most iconic images. The Inca citadel continues to captivate imaginations and inspires hundreds of thousands of people to travel to Peru to visit the site [...]
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 [...]
Originally published in South American Explorer Issue #85 Summer 2007 Why just read about this fascinating archaeological discovery? Experience it up close. Click Inca Rebellion Archaeological Tour to learn more. In August 1536, some 50,000 warriors marched on Lima under the command of Manco Inca’s most valiant general, Quizo Yupanqui, with orders to kill every [...]
