Peru's abundant ruins feel the squeeze of urbanization

Franklin Briceno and Rodrigo Abd, Associated Press
 Updated 11:47 am, Tuesday, November 28, 2017



hoto: Rodrigo Abd, AP
IMAGE 1 OF 11 In this Sept. 22, 2017 photo, the pre-Columbian archeological site La Luz is flanked by a private soccer field players rent in Lima, Peru. Many people in modern-day Peru are raised among the Incan ruins built before the Spanish colonized South America.

LIMA, Peru (AP) — From her small home near two golf courses and three slums, Gianina Rojas gazes up at a crumbling adobe pyramid, remnants of the vast Inca empire that flourished more than six centuries ago.

Like many people in modern-day Peru, Rojas was born and raised among Incan sites that were built before the Spanish colonized South America.

Now 26, she recalls treasure hunting as a child — hiding away pieces of ceramic pots, textile scraps and even human bones.

 
"Lima is full of places like this," she said.

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