Ancient Painting Discovered on Giant Rock at Machu Picchu

posted on April 21st, 2009 in Andes Mountains, Archaeology, Incas, Machu Picchu, Peru, Recent Discoveries

Toro Muerto Rock Art Majes Valley Southern Peru

(Note: Rock art in Peru is fairly common, due to the thousands of years that humans have inhabited the area. While images of the presumed, pigment-based Machu Picchu “painting” have not yet been released, above is one of many petroglyphs that exist in the Majes Valley in Southern Peru, about 1oo miles nw of Arequipa. See also map at end of article–KM)

UCA Professor Finds Ancient Rock Painting in Peru

Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

April 17, 2009

CONWAY – A University of Central Arkansas professor said Thursday that he has discovered an ancient rock painting at an Inca burial site in the Peruvian Andes and believes the work could be anywhere from 500 to 2,000 years old.

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Ex-Peruvian First Lady Slams Yale Over Machu Picchu Artifacts

posted on April 14th, 2009 in Archaeology, Incas, Machu Picchu, Peru, Peru-Yale Controversy

Alejandro Toledo inauguration at Machu Picchu

Eliane Karp-Toledo and her husband, Alejandro Toledo, at his inauguration in 2001 at Machu Picchu

Peruvian Blasts Yale

Yale Daily News

April 7, 2009

As a crowd of students, faculty and even a few Peruvians hissed and clapped, Eliane Karp-Toledo, the former first lady of Peru, called for the immediate return of all Inca artifacts housed at Yale last night.

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