Heavy rains and landslides blocked a rail road leading to the high mountain fortress of Machu Picchu - Peru's main attraction.As a result, nearly 2,000 tourists can not leave the historic reserve, access is possible only by rail or air. In disaster areas are targeted military pilots in helicopters evacuated people - reportedthe BBC.
In the neighboring city of Cusco, the situation is not better: showers of mud flows were left homeless around 3000 local residents have been killed and two.Is affected by the disaster and the historic center of Cusco, the capital of the Inca empire. Authorities imposed a state of emergency in the region. Remember, Machu Picchu, which translated from Quechua means "Old Mountain"is located on a plateau at an altitude of 2600 meters above sea level.
Cusco is even higher, around 3600 meters. In addition to the harsh climate in this region are frequent earthquakes and floods caused by spills of mountain rivers. For his long existence Machu Picchu is wearingt only legends: in Spanish
records do not talk about this city since the Incas did not leave written records.The world learned of its existence only in 1911 by the expedition of the American archaeologist Hiram Bingham. Recently, anthropologists at the University of Georgia (Georgia State University), USA, revealed that in the second largest city of the empire lived people from all regions of the country not only of indigenous peoples.
records do not talk about this city since the Incas did not leave written records.The world learned of its existence only in 1911 by the expedition of the American archaeologist Hiram Bingham. Recently, anthropologists at the University of Georgia (Georgia State University), USA, revealed that in the second largest city of the empire lived people from all regions of the country not only of indigenous peoples.Meanwhile, on the border with Guatemala and Belize, archaeologists found a huge sand sculptures created by the Maya during III-VI BC - reports Reuters. Sculpture representing the head with a height of 3.5 m, probably a deity. The discovery shows that it is a town in the jungle Chilonche (Chilonche), who was once a center of Mayan culture.
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