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10 Interesting & Fun Facts about Machu Picchu
on: by Danny Ochoa
1) Machu Picchu’s Royal Plaza once became a helicopter landing pad. According to accounts by Dr. Manuel Chávez Ballón, Machu Picchu’s late resident archaeologist, in 1978 in preparation for the arrival of the king and queen of Spain, Carlos and Sofia,
Peru Travel: Cusco’s La Casa Concha Museum
on: by Danny Ochoa
Located in Cusco’s historical centre, La Casa Concha Museum (the Shell House) is a new museum dedicated to the history of Machu Picchu. Paul Jones one of our Machu Picchu Vacations experts went along to explore what La Casa Concha Museum
Machu Picchu Artefacts Return to Peru – The Second Delivery from Yale University Arrives in Cusco
on: by Danny Ochoa
This Wednesday the second of three deliveries arrived into the Inca Capital Cusco from the Peabody museum at the University of Yale. The delivery was specially flown to Cusco’s Alejandro Valesco Astete Airport aboard a Peruvian Air force Hercules flight. The