New Peruvian Site Rivals Machu Picchu

posted on November 30th, 2011 in Andes Mountains, Archaeology, Northern Kingdoms of Peru, Peru, Recent Discoveries

Built by an unknown, pre-Inca culture high in Peru’s northern Andes, Marcahuamachuco was Peru’s most important political, economic, and military center, built sometime between 400 and 800 AD

Marcahuamachuco: the next Machu Picchu?

Agence France-Presse

Nov 27, 2011

Lima, Peru – Marcahuamachuco, an enigmatic 1,600-year-old archeological complex built from stone in the northern Peruvian Andes, is emerging bit by bit from oblivion and could become a beacon of tourism on the scale of Machu Picchu.

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