Corihuayrachina - a "New Machu Picchu" discovered
Roy Davies
but it doesn't seem to have got through.
There were reports yesterday, Tuesday, of a major new archaeological
discovery in Peru. The Times amd the Daily Telegraph had articles about
it (available at their websites), as do some American papers today. The
BBC website described it as a "new Machu Picchu." The ruins are actually
about 24 miles southwest of Machu Picchu and their existence was
revealed by a team led by Peter Frost, the British explorer and writer.
Actually, as in the case of Machu Picchu itself, some of the local
people knew all along about these ruins, which they call
Corihuayrachina. Frost claims the site holds evidence that could shake
up theories of Inca expansion. According to the Indianapolis Star the
ruins are the largest Inca site found since 1964 when American explorer
Gene Savoy discovered Vilcabamba.
There are links to pages about the discovery of Corihuayrachina in the
links page of my website.
The Inca Trail to Machu Picchu
http://www.ex.ac.uk/~RDavies/inca/
Roy Davies
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> >ruins are the largest Inca site found since 1964 when American explorer
> >Gene Savoy discovered Vilcabamba.
> >
> >There are links to pages about the discovery of Corihuayrachina in the
> >links page of my website.
> >
> I have not looked at your links yet
> but from what I was finding on this yesterday
> it seems that the site is in the Vilcabamba area
> I was wondering how new is it
> is it a new area or new discoveries of an old area
It is in the Vilcabamba area but is not Vilcabamba Vieja (Vilcabamba the
Old), i.e. Espiritu Pampa. The team reporting the discovery included the
Peruvian archaeologist Alfredo Valencia Zegarra, who said that Cerro
Victoria has many historically important archaeological sites that have
never been explored. Peter Frost first sighted the ruins when hiking in
the area in 1999 but he said the region has been difficult to explore
because of its remote location and its heavily forested and treacherous
terrain. The summit of Cerro Victoria was difficult to reach.
The expedition was financed by the National Geographic Society which
will be releasing a film about it on the National Geographic TV channel
in May. According to the Daily Telegraph it will be shown in Britain on
May 18, at 8pm. The National Geographic website doesn't say when it will
be shown in the US and other countries. It just says check local
listings. I have grouped the links to Corihuayrachina together at the
URL below.
http://www.ex.ac.uk/~RDavies/inca/links.html#corihuayrachina
Roy Davies
The Inca Trail to Machu Picchu
http://www.ex.ac.uk/~RDavies/inca/
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