http://lastdaysoftheincas.com/wordpress Just another WordPress weblog Fri, 13 Aug 2010 20:02:40 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en  Machu Picchu Centennial Likely To Lack Yale Artifacts   An Incan "aryballo" pot discovered at Machu Picchu Yale Daily News May 13, 2010  With the 100th anniversary of Hiram Bingham's discovery of the Inca archeological treasure Machu Picchu approaching, Peru's Chamber of Tourism is preparing to celebrate — but without many of the ... http://lastdaysoftheincas.com/wordpress/?p=373   (Note: updates follow the article below) Peru to expel British 'Tarzan agitator' Paul McAuley Missionary told to leave after helping Amazon tribes resist incursion of oil, gas and mining firms into the rainforest By Rory Carroll The Guardian July 2, 2010 Peru has ordered the expulsion of a British missionary who was dubbed a "Tarzan agitator" ... http://lastdaysoftheincas.com/wordpress/?p=369 A pool of oil in Lago Agrio, an Ecuadorean town in the Amazon where Texaco is accused of having dumped millions of gallons of contamination in local rivers and lakes in order to save the company money. Chevron later purchased Texaco, and has inherited Texaco's legal troubles Disaster in the Amazon By ... http://lastdaysoftheincas.com/wordpress/?p=365   A group of Waorani Indians in Ecuador with blow pipes ( Note: At a time when oil is gushing unchecked into the Gulf of Mexico, despoiling one of the richest ecosystems in the Americas, another oil company, Perenco, moves closer to building an oil pipeline through one of the remotest areas ... http://lastdaysoftheincas.com/wordpress/?p=362   Global Ad Campaign For Peru’s Uncontacted Tribes Survival International May 5, 2010 An ad supporting Peru’s last uncontacted tribes is appearing in publications around the world in a bid to stop Peru’s government allowing an oil pipeline to be built through the Indians’ territory... http://lastdaysoftheincas.com/wordpress/?p=356   Evidence of Spanish bullet holes in 500-year-old Inca skulls, found at a burial site on the outskirts of Lima, Peru Inca Skeletons Show Evidence of Spanish Brutality Science News April 2, 2010 If bones could scream, a bloodcurdling din would be reverberating through a 500-year-old cemetery in Peru. Human skeletons unearthed there have yielded ... http://lastdaysoftheincas.com/wordpress/?p=353   An aerial view of some of the pyramids at Caral, the most ancient city in the New World and located about 160 miles north of Lima, Peru Authorities to Inspect Archaeological Site of Caral to Verify Alleged Attack Farmers Have Apparently Invaded one of the Pyramids in the Area of "Era ... http://lastdaysoftheincas.com/wordpress/?p=348 The Bolivian ski resort of Chacaltaya, stranded like a beached whale once its 18,000-year-old glacier disappeared permanently in 2009 (Note: Since the early 20th century, glaciers around the world have been retreating, presumably as a result of humans burning greater and greater quantities of oil and coal, rampant deforestation, and the ... http://lastdaysoftheincas.com/wordpress/?p=339   You’re invited to an Evening with author and filmmaker Kim MacQuarrie & Writer/Editor Don George Tuesday February 23rd, 7pm Herbst Theatre 401 Van Ness Avenue at McAllister Street, San Francisco Please be our guest as Don George and Emmy Award-winning filmmaker and author Kim MacQuarrie take the stage for a globe-roaming conversation about ... http://lastdaysoftheincas.com/wordpress/?p=336 Police arrest a woman who was demonstrating against the arrest of Mapuche Indians involved in a land dispute in Valparaiso, Chile, about 75 miles northwest of Santiago. Dozens of protestors marched through downtown Valparaiso on Dec 13, 2007 to pressure the government to release five Mapuche Indians. The Mapuche had ... http://lastdaysoftheincas.com/wordpress/?p=329