Looted tombs

These tombs in the canyon wall above the Urubamba River are part of a large area of Pre-Inca tombs that have all been looted. I still cannot wrap my mind around how somebody could be so disrespectful of the dead, especially when they were probably the ancestors of the looters. Who would desecrate a grave like that?

COVID in Cusco: Week 31

October 17th 2020
Sunday, 11 October, 2020 212 days since Covid arrived in Cusco Today something finally happened for tourism in Peru: a Japanese tourist who waited for seven months in Aguas Calientes got to visit Machu Picchu, which is still closed. Conociendo Perú reported on Facebook that the Peruvian government had relented ... read more

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Ancient Peru was the seat of several prominent Andean civilizations, most notably that of the Incas whose empire was captured by the Spanish conquistadors in 1533. Peruvian independence was declared in 1821, and remaining Spanish forces defeated in 1... ... read more

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