Pre-Hispanic villages discovered in Cusco

Archaeologists of the National Cultural Institute (INC) found two villages that were lost underground for more than 4 centuries. The discovery was done near the Huanacaure hill, known as the main shrine of the Inca Culture.

The research lead by Oscar Montufar La Torre used Spanish chronicles from the XVI and XVII centuries as references for their investigations such as the one of Sarmiento de Gamboa. The villages were known as Matagua and Quirirmanta, which were built by the Killke Culture before falling into Inca domination.