Peru Travel | smithsonianmag.comhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/rss/tag/peru-travel/RSS feed for Peru TravelenTue, 08 Jul 2025 12:30:00 +0000How an Ancestral Peruvian Ceremony Is Saving the Once-Endangered Vicuñahttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/how-an-ancestral-peruvian-ceremony-is-saving-the-once-endangered-vicuna-180986933/Each year in the first weeks of June, Indigenous communities in the Andes form a human chain to corral the camelids and shear their valuable woolTue, 08 Jul 2025 12:30:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/how-an-ancestral-peruvian-ceremony-is-saving-the-once-endangered-vicuna-180986933/Nearly Half of the Protected Land Around the Nazca Lines of Peru Is Now Open to Minershttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/nearly-half-of-the-protected-land-around-the-nazca-lines-of-peru-is-now-open-to-miners-180986738/Some environmentalists are concerned about mining operations drawing closer to the ancient landmarksThu, 05 Jun 2025 16:19:42 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/nearly-half-of-the-protected-land-around-the-nazca-lines-of-peru-is-now-open-to-miners-180986738/Archaeologists Discover More Than 100 Structures Linked to a Mysterious Pre-Columbian Civilization in the Remote Peruvian Andeshttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/archaeologists-discover-more-than-100-structures-linked-to-a-mysterious-pre-hispanic-civilization-in-the-remote-peruvian-andes-180986740/Based in high-altitude urban centers, the Chachapoya resisted conquest by the Inca Empire for centuriesWed, 04 Jun 2025 18:37:19 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/archaeologists-discover-more-than-100-structures-linked-to-a-mysterious-pre-hispanic-civilization-in-the-remote-peruvian-andes-180986740/Man Vandalizes Famed 12-Angled Stone, an Inca Engineering Marvel in Peruhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/man-vandalizes-famed-12-angled-stone-an-inca-engineering-marvel-in-peru-180986092/The stone, which sustained damage in six spots, had been carved to fit perfectly in a palace wall hundreds of years agoFri, 21 Feb 2025 19:15:11 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/man-vandalizes-famed-12-angled-stone-an-inca-engineering-marvel-in-peru-180986092/Researchers Have Found an Inca Tunnel Beneath the Peruvian City of Cuscohttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/researchers-have-found-an-inca-tunnel-beneath-the-Peruvian-city-of-cusco-180985872/The dug-out passages may follow the exact path of the Inca capital’s aboveground roadsTue, 21 Jan 2025 21:50:42 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/researchers-have-found-an-inca-tunnel-beneath-the-Peruvian-city-of-cusco-180985872/See a Newly Uncovered Throne Room in Peru That May Have Belonged to an Ancient Queenhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/see-newly-uncovered-throne-room-peru-may-have-belonged-ancient-queen-180985173/Built by the Moche people in the seventh century, the stunningly painted space shows signs of heavy use, including an eroded throne and traces of human hairTue, 01 Oct 2024 16:58:12 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/see-newly-uncovered-throne-room-peru-may-have-belonged-ancient-queen-180985173/Machu Picchu Reopens Following Weeks of Civil Unresthttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/peru-reopens-machu-picchu-to-visitors-after-closure-during-civil-unrest-180981666/Authorities, protesters and businesses came to an agreement to ensure the site's safetyFri, 17 Feb 2023 21:58:46 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/peru-reopens-machu-picchu-to-visitors-after-closure-during-civil-unrest-180981666/Peru Closes Machu Picchu Amid Anti-Government Protestshttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/peru-closes-machu-picchu-and-the-inca-trail-amid-anti-government-protests-180981499/More than 50 people have died as demonstrations escalate and police crack down on dissentWed, 25 Jan 2023 21:06:58 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/peru-closes-machu-picchu-and-the-inca-trail-amid-anti-government-protests-180981499/Helicopters Evacuate Travelers Stranded at Machu Picchuhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/travelers-stuck-at-machu-picchu-evacuated-by-helicopter-180981341/Hundreds of tourists found themselves trapped at the site as protests spread through PeruWed, 21 Dec 2022 18:54:14 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/travelers-stuck-at-machu-picchu-evacuated-by-helicopter-180981341/Machu Picchu Is Older Than Previously Thought, Radiocarbon Dating Suggestshttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/radiocarbon-dating-reveals-machu-picchu-older-previously-thought-180978360/New research indicates that the Inca settlement was in continuous use from at least 1420 to 1530Thu, 05 Aug 2021 10:30:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/radiocarbon-dating-reveals-machu-picchu-older-previously-thought-180978360/