Peru
CHOQUEQUIRAO
Choquequirao (Southern Quechua: Chuqi K'iraw, Golden Thrown) is a partly excavated ruined city of the Inca in the south of Peru. It bears a striking similarity in structure and architecture to Machu Picchu and is referred to as its 'sister'. Choquequirao admits far fewer tourists than its sister but the ruin is no less delightful and is a good alternative to the sometimes overcrowded Machu Picchu.
Uncontacted tribe photographed near Brazil-Peru border
SOURCE: Survival - The Movement for Tribal Peoples
Members of one of the world’s last uncontacted tribes have been spotted and photographed from the air near the Brazil-Peru border. The photos were taken during several flights over one of the remotest parts of the Amazon rainforest in Brazil’s Acre state.
‘We did the overflight to show their houses, to show they are there, to show they exist,’ said uncontacted tribes expert José Carlos dos Reis Meirelles Júnior.
The Nazca Lines
Source: http://tinyurl.com/2rtvkp
Nazca Lines, Ica - Peru
The Nazca Lines are located in the Pampa region of Peru, the desolate plain of the Peruvian coast which comprises the Pampas of San Jose (Jumana), Socos, El Ingenio and others in the province of Nasca, which is 400 Km. South of Lima, covers an area of approximately 450 km2, of sandy desert as well as the slopes of the contours of the Andes.
The Monkey
They cover nearly 400 square miles of desert.
Kuelap, an unknown empire
Sources:
Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuelap
Kuelap Peru http://www.kuelapperu.com/
Inka Natura http://www.inkanatura.com/kuelap_chachapoyas.asp
Kuelap
The fortress of Kuelap (or Cuélap), associated with the Chachapoyas culture, consists of massive exterior stone walls containing more than four hundred buildings. The structure, situated on a ridge overlooking the Utcubamba Valley in northern Peru, is roughly 600 meters in length and 110 meters in width. It was likely built to defend against the Huari or other hostile peoples.
Inca Skull Rewrites History of Conquest
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/19/AR2007061901929.html The 500-year-old skull, found in a long-forgotten Inca cemetery outside Lima, Peru, had two round holes just across from each other. Nearby was a plug of bone, recovered intact, that carried the distinct markings of an old musket ball. Archaeologists sensed they had unearthed an important find, but it wasn't until months later that a powerful electron microscope scan confirmed it by finding traces of lead in the skull.PERU: Solar observatory dates back 2,300 years
Source: Science News - May 2007
PERU'S SUNNY VIEW: SOLAR OBSERVATORY DATES BACK 2,300 YEARS
By Ron Cowen
When Ivan Ghezzi first visited the ancient Peruvian settlement of Chankillo 6 years ago, the world was reeling from 9/11. It seemed appropriate to view the site, already famous for its thick walls, parapets, and restricted gates, solely as a fortress. Ghezzi, then a Yale University graduate student, had in fact received a grant to investigate just that possibility at the 2,300-year-old coastal-desert site.
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