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Planned New Airport For Machu Picchu Horrifies Archaeologists, Historians

VISUAL Posted: May 16, 2019 7:04 am

“Bulldozers are already scraping clear millions of tonnes of earth in Chinchero, a picturesque Inca town about 3,800 metres above sea level that is the gateway to the Sacred Valley.” Says one Peruvian art historian, “This is a built landscape; there are terraces and routes which were designed by the Incas. Putting an airport here would destroy it.'” – The Guardian

VISUAL Published: 05.15.19

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