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Peru’s Machu Picchu reopens: What you should know
1 year, 10 months ago

Peru’s Machu Picchu reopens: What you should know

Hindustan Times  

When anti-government protests erupted and turned violent in Lima and Cusco in January 2023, Peru’s tourism industry had just begun recovering from nearly two years of pandemic shutdowns, after suffering one of the highest death tolls in the world. “About three or four weeks ago, things looked really bad, and it was difficult for us, because tourism is a very …

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Peru reopens Inca-era stone citadel, Machu Picchu, after nearly a month
1 year, 10 months ago

Peru reopens Inca-era stone citadel, Machu Picchu, after nearly a month

Hindustan Times  

Peru's Machu Picchu, an Inca-era stone citadel nestled in its southeastern jungle, reopened on Wednesday after being closed nearly a month ago amid anti-government protests, the culture ministry announced. General view of the ancient Inca ruins of Machu Picchu in the Urubamba valley, seventy-two kilometres from the Andes city of Cusco, open for the first time after they were closed …

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‘They don’t see us as humans.’ In Peru, protests over racism and neglect spill from the Andes
1 year, 10 months ago

‘They don’t see us as humans.’ In Peru, protests over racism and neglect spill from the Andes

LA Times  

As antigovernment protests spread across the Peruvian highlands last month, Remo Candia Guevara, a 42-year-old community leader in this rural farming town, grew increasingly anguished. “They don’t see us as humans,” said his sister, Marilia Candia Guevara, 36. “Of course we’re exhausted.” “We can’t permit these racists to continue governing.” — Mario Turpo Orozco, a leader in the Andean town …

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Noble remains found in ancient Inca tomb discovered under home in Peru
2 years, 6 months ago

Noble remains found in ancient Inca tomb discovered under home in Peru

India Today  

Scientists have unearthed an Inca-era tomb in the heart of Peru's capital Lima, archaeologists said on Wednesday, a burial dug up under a working-class home and believed to hold noble remains wrapped in cloth alongside ceramics and fine ornaments. Lead archeologist Julio Abanto told Reuters the 500-year-old tomb contains "multiple funerary bundles" tightly wrapped in cloth. He said the entombed …

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