South America Gallery

Indigenous Quechua weaving the threads in a traditional pattern, Cusco, Peru.

The community of Quechua weavers pass their traditional Cusqueñan textile traditions down to their children. Thr........ Read more

Quechua weaver in the Museo Inka (Inca Museum), Plaza de Armas, Cusco, Peru.

Nearly half a century ago a group of Quechua weavers came together in a cooperative movement to save their traditiona........ Read more

UNESCO World Heritage site Machu Picchu abandoned in the 16th century and rediscovered by Agustín Lizárraga in 1902 and claimed later by Hiram Bingham in 1911.
After walking the Inca T........ Read more

Torres del Paine, Magallanes, Chilean Antarctica, Chile.

 

For the horses roaming on the hills in the near distance the sun has already dipped below the horizon but the three main peaks of........ Read more