Orientations in and Surrounding Machu Picchu

2020 ◽  
pp. 251-297
Author(s):  
Steven R. Gullberg
Keyword(s):  
Machu Picchu

From Stonehenge to Samarkand

2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brian Fagan
Keyword(s):  
Gustave Flaubert ◽  
Central Africa ◽  
British Museum ◽  
Holy Land ◽  
Cruise Ship ◽  
Modern Times ◽  
Ancient Civilization ◽  
Machu Picchu ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Silk Road

Ever since Roman tourists scratched graffiti on the pyramids and temples of Egypt over two thousand years ago, people have traveled far and wide seeking the great wonders of antiquity. In From Stonehenge to Samarkand, noted archaeologist and popular writer Brian Fagan offers an engaging historical account of our enduring love of ancient architecture--the irresistible impulse to visit strange lands in search of lost cities and forgotten monuments. Here is a marvelous history of archaeological tourism, with generous excerpts from the writings of the tourists themselves. Readers will find Herodotus describing the construction of Babylon; Edward Gibbon receiving inspiration for his seminal work while wandering through the ruins of the Forum in Rome; Gustave Flaubert watching the sunrise from atop the Pyramid of Cheops. We visit Easter Island with Pierre Loti, Machu Picchu with Hiram Bingham, Central Africa with David Livingstone. Fagan describes the early antiquarians, consumed with a passionate and omnivorous curiosity, pondering the mysteries of Stonehenge, but he also considers some of the less reputable figures, such as the Earl of Elgin, who sold large parts of the Parthenon to the British Museum. Finally, he discusses the changing nature of archaeological tourism, from the early romantic wanderings of the solitary figure, communing with the departed spirits of Druids or Mayans, to the cruise-ship excursions of modern times, where masses of tourists are hustled through ruins, barely aware of their surroundings. From the Holy Land to the Silk Road, the Yucatán to Angkor Wat, Fagan follows in the footsteps of the great archaeological travelers to retrieve their first written impressions in a book that will delight anyone fascinated with the landmarks of ancient civilization.

I Machu Picchu dom

Comhar ◽  
1989 ◽  
Vol 48 (6) ◽  
pp. 12
Author(s):  
Breandán Delap
Keyword(s):  
Machu Picchu

Book Reviews

Journeys ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 83-92
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Twentieth Century ◽  
North Carolina ◽  
University Of Chicago ◽  
Machu Picchu ◽  
Chapel Hill ◽  
The University ◽  
Literary Encounters ◽  
University Of Chicago Press

Randy Malamud, The Importance of Elsewhere: The Globalist Humanist Tourist. Chicago/Intellect, The University of Chicago Press, 2018, vii + 236 pp., ISBN-13: 978-1783208746, $29.50 (paperback).Mark Rice, Making Machu Picchu: The Politics of Tourism in Twentieth Century Peru (Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press, 2018), xvi + 253 pp., ISBN 978-1-4696-4353-3, $28.75 (paperback).Jeffrey Mather, Twentieth-Century Literary Encounters in China: Modernism, Travel, and Form (New York: Routledge, 2020), ix + 182 pp., ISBN 978-1-03-208815-0, US $48.95 (paperback).

Machu Picchu: Geography and Culture

2014 ◽  
pp. 4590-4593
Author(s):  
Henry Tantaleán ◽  
Miguel A. Aguilar
Keyword(s):  
Machu Picchu

Machu Picchu Artifacts: Repatriation

2020 ◽  
pp. 6649-6651
Author(s):  
Kimberly Alderman
Keyword(s):  
Machu Picchu

scholarly journals De los Estados Unidos a México y Perú. Paul Fejős y Pál Kelemen, dos húngaros buscando las huellas de los pueblos precolombinos

2018 ◽  
Vol 23 ◽  
pp. 297-314
Author(s):  
Katalin Jancsó
Keyword(s):  
Machu Picchu ◽  
Siglo Xx ◽  
Sobre Todo

El director de cine, Paul Fejős (1897-1963), es conocido sobre todo por su carrera cinematográfica desarrollada en Hungría, Dinamarca, los Estados Unidos y otros países. Desde la segunda mitad de los años 30 del siglo XX, deja su carrera para dedicarse a sus investigaciones antropológicas y arqueológicas. De esta manera, llega a Perú donde hace un viaje de investigación explorando 18 sitios arqueológicos en la región de Machu Picchu y, posteriormente, estudia un pueblo amazónico, los yagua que viven en regiones fronterizas con Colombia y Brasil. El arqueólogo e historiador del arte, Pál Kelemen (1894-1993), llega a los Estados Unidos en 1932 y empieza una larga carrera profesional durante la cual realiza varios estudios de viaje en diferentes países latinoamericanos, siendo autor de un considerable número de libros sobre el arte precolombino y colonial, reconocidos internacionalmente.  En mi ponencia, mi objetivo es estudiar las actividades antropológicas y arqueológicas de los dos investigadores, llevadas a cabo en el Perú (Paul Fejős) y en México (Pál Kelemen) durante la década de 1930.

scholarly journals The Masterful Water Engineers of Machu Picchu

Water ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (21) ◽  
pp. 3049
Author(s):  
Kenneth R. Wright
Keyword(s):  
Water Supply ◽  
Technical Skills ◽  
Public Works ◽  
Machu Picchu ◽  
The Uncanny ◽  
High Precipitation ◽  
Steep Terrain ◽  
Technical Terms ◽  
Design And Construction

The water engineering achievements of the Inca at Machu Picchu, when defined in technical terms common to modern engineers, demonstrate that the Inca were masterful planners, designers, and constructors. They demonstrated their technical skills through the planning, design, and construction of water supply, fountains, terraces, foundations, walls, and trails. The site of Machu Picchu was a difficult place to build, with high precipitation, steep terrain, and challenging access. Nonetheless, the Inca had the uncanny ability to plan public works and infrastructure in a manner that fit this problematic site and lasted for centuries.

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