Inca Elite Imported Diverse "Staff" to Run Machu PicchuSource: National Geographic
Inca nobility at Machu Picchu relied on special, permanent servants from the far corners of the empire to manage the royal estate, according to a new study of human skeletons found buried at the site.
Machu Picchu ruin 'found earlier'Source: BBC News
A team of historians says the lost city of the Incas, Machu Picchu, in Peru was discovered more than 40 years earlier than previously thought and ransacked.
Overcrowding at Machu PicchuSource: The Houston Chronicle
Overcrowding at Machu Picchu. Too many tourists visit the secret city, yet the peruvian government encourages more to come.
Peru says Yale has over 40,000 Machu Picchu relicsSource: Reuters
LIMA (Reuters) - Peru says Yale University researchers took more than 40,000 artifacts from the Incan citadel of Machu Picchu in the early 1900s, or 10 times the original estimate, the state news agency reported on Sunday.
Peru: Yale Holding 40,000 Machu Picchu ArtifactsSource: Free Services for PR
Yale University is holding some 40,000 artifacts from the famed Inca citadel of Machu Picchu, a government official heading efforts to return the pieces told the state news agency Andina on Sunday.
Peru's government and Yale University reached an agreement last September to retu …
Travel Guide to Machu PicchuSource: travellerspoint.com
Machu Picchu is one of the most famous sites in South America, let alone Peru, but it remained unknown by the outside world until about 100 years ago. Hiram Bingham, a United States senator and explorer, rediscovered the Incan ruins in 1911.
How would you like your guinea pig, sir?Source: Guardian Unlimited
Machu Picchu may be one of the new Seven Wonders of the World, but it is really just a four-day schlepp up a big hill to watch the sunrise over a pile of rubble. The real reason to visit Peru is the food.
Explorer Who Found Lost Peru Cities DiesSource: Associated Press - Google
Douglas Eugene "Gene" Savoy, an explorer who discovered more than 40 lost cities in Peru and led long-distance sailing adventures to learn more about ancient cultures, has died. He was 80.
Canary expedition in search of the white stone llamasSource: CNET News.com
A team of Canary investigators is currently in remotest Peru to study a startling new archaeological discovery which came to light recently in Choquequirao, an ancient Inca site which is being described in glowing terms as Machu Picchu's "twin town".
The New 7 Wonders of the WorldSource: interestalert.com
The winners of the contest to name the new seven wonders of the world. The pyramids in Giza will retain their status as one of the original seven wonders of the world.
And the new Seven Wonders of the World Are...Source: CBC
As I seeded earlier, the new seven wonders of the world were announced today in Lisbon.
From the article:
The wonders, chosen by about 90 million people casting votes online, by phone and by text message, over a year and a half, include:
New Seven Wonders to be Unveiled TodaySource: CBC
A new, modern list of the seven wonders of the world is being released Saturday in a lavish ceremony in Lisbon.
The Egyptians are angry, UNESCO is keeping it's distance, but the world is still taking notice.
Inca - Machu Picchu - Peru - Ancient CivilizationsSource: The New York Times
The stones at Machu Picchu seem almost alive. They may be alive, if you credit the religious beliefs of the ruler Pachacuti Yupanqui, whose subjects in the early 15th century constructed the granite Inca complex, high above a curling river and nestled among jagged green peaks.
New Bridge to Machu PicchuSource: ontheroadtravel.blogs.com
A new bridge recently opened near Machu Picchu, creating significant controversy in a year that Peru is competing for a spot as one of the new 7 Wonders of the World.
What to Do in PeruSource:
A trip to Peru is an eye-opening experience. The Inca Empire was as important in South America as the Roman Empire was in Europe. And then the Spanish arrived...
Treasured sites, and too many peopleSource: The Philadelphia Inquirer
Some of the world's most treasured destinations are in peril. Many are being trashed by mass tourism, with an assist from indifferent government policies and greedy developers. Among them: