A través de estudios genéticos, Investigadores de Perú, Brasil y Bolivia vienen rastreando el origen de la civilización incaica, la más grande población precolombina. Es el primer “estudio genético sobre la familia imperial inca”, que busca develar si existió una relación patrilineal única, es decir un solo patriarca inca o si existió más de uno….
La conformación del mundo Inca tenia presente tres planos en los que creían. Para el pueblo incaico, el mundo se encuentra dividido en tres planos que se comunican entre sí, aunque estas comunicaciones solo pueden ser hechas por las divinidades: Hanan Pacha: era el mundo celestial, es decir, donde habitaban los dioses. A este mundo,…
El Imperio Inca contaba con un gran sistema de comunicaciones , en el cual se podía destacar la agilidad y eficiencia de el corredor de los Andes Chasqui es una palabra quechua que significa, correo, persona de relevo, era un corredor joven, considerado el mensajero personal del Inca, que llevaba un mensaje o recado en…
¿Qué hacer en Aguas Calientes? Montaña Putucusi Si le gustan las caminatas al aire libre, la montaña Putucusi es la actividad preferida por las personas aventureras en Aguas Calientes. Es una de las caminatas cortas más difíciles, de las que puede disfrutar en Machu Picchu, y diferencia del pago que se hace por ascender las…
The Plaza de Armas of Cusco was once a swamp, which during the time of the Incas was dried up and transformed into the administrative, religious and cultural center of the capital of the empire. After the conquest it was occupied by the Spaniards, who surrounded it with temples and mansions built on the Inca…
Around 1465, before Christopher Columbus arrived in America (1492), the then ‘hatun auqui’ (conquering prince) Tupac Yupanqui – who would later become the tenth ruler of the Inca civilization – undertook an expedition to the present islands of Polynesia – one of the sub-regions of Oceania. The mission promised gold, as well as finding new…
Ollantaytambo was a strategic military, agricultural and religious center to administer and control the Sacred Valley of the Incas and enter the jungle of Cusco; this is deduced by the constructions that presumably were for agricultural deposits and for military use like walls and watchtowers (probably to protect themselves from the jungle ethnic groups). There…
A PLACE FULL OF ART AND FAITH. It was built between 1560 and 1664 and on the Quishuarqancha old palace of the Inca Huiracocha, the Cathedral of Cusco is one of the most beautiful and significant monuments of America, built with huge blocks of stones brought from Sacsayhuaman this historical piece is also considered Heritage…
Pisac is a town that is located 30 km from Cusco, where we can find the ruins of the Sacred Valley that are part of one of the most important archaeological sites. Its bases are based on a solid history, built with each piece rich in culture by the Inca communities. A town with a…
The Incas stood out for their precious fabrics, whose original versions can be appreciated even today, thanks to the dry climate that conserved the mantles and bales found in tombs and sacred places. The basic materials of Inca clothing were cotton for the coastal areas of the empire; and the wool of alpaca and vicuña…
