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Boca Raton Museum of Art - Machu Picchu and the Golden Empires of Peru
192 artifacts from royal tombs that include spectacular objects that belonged to noble Andean lords.
Andean societies dominated a substantial segment of South America for over 3,000 years.
Nestled in a cloud forest, this great Inca Empire's enduring symbol of architectural prowess is protected by twin sacred mountains and is invisible from below.
Most modern archaeologists and historians agree that Machu Picchu was built by the Inca Pachacutec, the greatest statesman of Tahuantinsuyo (what the Inca called their expansive empire), who ruled from 1438 to 1471. Archaeologists assume – given radiocarbon evidence – that the construction of Machu Picchu dates back to approximately the 15th century.
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