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The village, along with the ruins of the same name, lies above Peru's Urubamba River, halfway between the city of Cuzco and the far better-known ruins of Machu Picchu. It is among the few remaining communities still laid out as the Incas planned: by night its residents sleep...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Slow Climb | 4/20/1998 | See Source »

The bill, proposed by Councillor Francis H. Duchay '55, states that the council "supports and celebrates PBHA Incas move toward a more rational, autonomous and unified operational configuration where its student run public service and social action programs will be supported by a staff employed by PBHA Inc."

Author: By Michael T. Jalkut, | Title: Council Supports Autonomy For PBHA | 11/21/1995 | See Source »

Those questions and more may soon be answered. Five hundred years after her fateful climb, the Inca maiden has returned to the world below the clouds. Her frozen body, along with those of two other youths, was discovered almost by accident last month by anthropologist Johan Reinhard and his Peruvian...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Archaeology: RETURN OF THE ICE MAIDEN | 11/6/1995 | See Source »

The "something" that turns the human system into a four-alarm fire is capsaicin, a chemical concentrated in the veins and seeds of the chile pod. A member of the nightshade family (as are tomatoes, potatoes and tobacco), the chile pepper is believed to have originated in South America. Incas...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Some Like It Hot | 10/12/1992 | See Source »

The opening paragraphs set the tone of the article: "Peru? Where the hell is Peru? Well, it was first found by Francisco Pizarro, an illiterate swinerherd. It's west of Brazil and north of Chile. First faltering democracy on your right. You can't miss it...It's a messy...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Don't Trivialize History | 5/4/1992 | See Source »

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