Inca Empire

What a mouth watering experience. Machu Pichu leaves tourist and viewers astonished with everything that they can see and live through. It's like a beautiful new car, anyone experiencing it will find new features everyday and be overwhelmed with the experience. Machu Pichu is a fantastic destination not only because it is a gorgeous city, but also because it has amazing architecture and the amount anyone can experience visiting. Machu Pichu is as lovely as it is elegant with the land that…

By: Clara Gisbert Zerpa Paola Ruíz León Ana López Román Isabel Aisa Orga EADA HM01, 2015 Executive Summary Hacienda Montaña Imbabura The Hacienda Montaña Imbabura is an Eco-lodge luxury hotel located in the mountain Imbabura in the province of Imbabura in Ecuador. This province in the 4th most popular province in Ecuador for tourist due to its natural environment, cultural influence and eco-touristic offer, in the year 2013 the province recorded a total of 345.240 travelers of…

created to only be a image of the person in the painting, but also to convey information about their life and their accomplishments. One of the most notable examples of this type of painting is the Portrait of Marcos Chiguan Thopa Coronilla Inca. Marcos, a royal Inca descendant is portrayed standing very similar to the posture of the Viceroys next to table and a engraved stone. By reading the stone, the observer can gather many pieces of information about Marcos. Marcos was awarded the position…

Inca Religion The Inca had a polytheistic religion meaning the worshiped more than one god. Along with that, the Incas allowed the different tribes they conquered to still follow their own religion. Most of the Inca however followed the belief that said The most powerful god was Viracocha. He was considered to be the creator of the universe. However, the Inca mostly worshiped Inti, the sun god who was thought to be Viracocha most important servant/son. Illapa was another well known god and…

Machu Picchu is a beautiful place to come and visit. The breathtaking setting to the old architecture in the middle of the Andes mountains is marvelous. The untouched artifacts and the finest quality Inca houses that were built ages ago just adds on to the other magnificent scenery there. A lot of known and unknown facts have been left there waiting for someone to find them which Hiram Bingham did in 1911. Here is many different ways Machu Picchu is a cool place just to visit and explore. The…

Yale University once housed crates of items from Machu Picchu that date back to the 15th century. Yale purchased the items from Peru, the University displayed many of the items including ceramics, jewelry, and human remains at the Peabody museum for over 100 years. However, the government of Peru sued to have the artifacts returned and in 2010 Peru won and Yale returned the artifacts. Peru won the court case on the basis that the artifacts were the cultural heritage of the people of Peru (Buying…

In February 1992, police find the bodies of six El Chapo’s top lieutenants dumped along Tijuana highways the six men had been tortured and shot. In November 1992, six people are gunned down at a discotheque in Puerto Vallarta by gunmen working for El Chapo. Whose targets are traffickers in the Tijuana cartel. A year later in May 1993, gunmen with the Tijuana attempt to assassinate El Chapo in retribution, firing upon a vehicle at an airport. El Chapo escape unharmed but the cardinal archbishop…

just a city, but it is a miracle of architecture and ingenuity. Machu Picchu is an ancient city in Peru that dates as far back as the mid-fourteen hundreds. It’s about a four days’ walk from the Inca capital of Cusco. The completely mortar-free limestone marvel was built at the height of the Incan Empire; then abandoned one hundred years later. One of the many unsolved mysteries of Machu Picchu is the cause of this mass abandonment. Some historians give credit to the Spanish Conquest, but…

much to learn and see at Machu Picchu. Machu Picchu is an historic sanctuary, too. The Historic Sanctuary of Machu Picchu is among the greatest artistic, architectural and land use achievements anywhere and the most significant tangible legacy of the Inca civilization. In conclusion, Machu Picchu is definitely a place to visit and is a really historic to today’s time and age. The beauty of Machu Picchu is amazing. Machu Picchu is nestled in a breathtaking natural setting; surrounding Machu…

The Paracas and Nazca cultures thrived in what is now Peru from around 600 - 175 BC and 1 - 700 AD, respectively. The depiction of ritual sacrifice plays a significant role in the art of both the Paracas and the Nazca cultures. We see examples of this ritual sacrifice in the intricately decorated Paracas textiles and beautifully painted Nazca ceramic pottery. One example of ritual sacrifice that we see in both the Paracas and Nazca cultures is that of trophy heads. A trophy head was…