This shot, taken by Gina Carey in 2004, overlooks the site of Machu Picchu in the Peruvian Andes, Urubamba Province. Perched on a precipice overlooking the Urubamba River, this small city functioned as a royal estate and summer retreat for the Inca elite during the Fifteenth and Sixteenth centuries before being abandoned after the Spanish Conquest of Peru (1532) led by Francisco Pizarro (ca. 1475-1541).
In the images that follow, Stan Parchin has assembled a gallery of works of art and artifacts from the special exhibition Machu Picchu: Unveiling the Mystery of the Incas (on view at Yale University's Peabody Museum of Natural History through August 27, 2006).
Special thanks to Melanie Brigockas, Public Relations and Marketing Manager at the Peabody Museum of Natural History, for her invaluable assistance in obtaining exhibition images for About Art History readers.
In the images that follow, Stan Parchin has assembled a gallery of works of art and artifacts from the special exhibition Machu Picchu: Unveiling the Mystery of the Incas (on view at Yale University's Peabody Museum of Natural History through August 27, 2006).
Special thanks to Melanie Brigockas, Public Relations and Marketing Manager at the Peabody Museum of Natural History, for her invaluable assistance in obtaining exhibition images for About Art History readers.