Top Articles: This Week A Year Ago

View this email in your browser Premium Discounts |  Contact   Love is a Battlefield: The Legend of Ishtar, First Goddess of Love and War As singer Pat Benatar once noted, love is a battlefield . Such use of military words to express intimate, affectionate emotions is likely related to love’s capacity to bruise and confuse. So it was with the world’s first goddess of love and war, Ishtar, and her lover Tammuz. In ancient Mesopotamia - roughly corresponding to modern Iraq, parts of Iran, Syria, Kuwait and Turkey - love was a... Read More... Ancient Inca Festival Celebrating Sun God, Once Practiced in Secret, is Revived in Peru Every year on June 24, Cusco in Peru celebrates the Inti Raymi, a tribute festival to the venerated Inca Sun God Inti. As TRT World reports , the festival draws thousands of local and international guests to the ancient Inca capital to commemorate one of the most significant events of the calendar year. During Inca times, more than twenty-five thousand Read More... Could Plastic Bottles Made by Ancient Americans be the Cause of their Health Decline? According to Wired, scientists believe that ancient Native Americans living in California made their own plastic water bottles. However, they probably didn’t know how toxic the manufacturing process of these bottles may have been for their health. In a recent study published in the journal Environmental Health a few days ago, scientists attempt to find out if bitumen, a material... Read More... Medieval Sword in Excellent Condition Accidentally Found in a Peat Bog in Poland An excavator operator who was working in a peat bog in Poland last month, accidentally discovered a magnificent 14th century longsword, which is in an extremely good condition. Experts believe that this is a unique find to the region. As Gizmodo reports, Wojciech Kot, an excavator operator who discovered the long-sword in the peat bog in the Polish municipality of Mircze... Read More...   You Might Like

Restaurants, Places To Visit During The Holidays, Rainbow Mountain, And More!

Your Daily Newsletter If there is one thing you must not miss in Lima, it is a meal at one of the restaurants of the father of the Peruvian gastronomic revolution, Gaston Acurio. Click here to read more!   NEWS NATIONAL 7 REGIONS THAT WILL BE VISITED THE MOST DURING THE HOLIDAYS According to Mincetur more than 760,000 people will travel this long weekend for the holidays, and Lima will be the most visited city in the country. READ MORE HERE   NEWS NATIONAL THERE ARE MORE THAN 31 MILLION PEOPLE IN PERU The last census in Peru, which began on October 22, 2017, revealed that there are 31,237,385 people living in the country at the moment. READ MORE HERE   NEWS TOURISM PERU’S RAINBOW MOUNTAIN WILL BE CONSIDERED A REGIONAL CONSERVATION AREA The Minister of the Environment, Fabiola Muñoz, assured that soon the mountain of the Seven Colors, or Rainbow Mountain, located in the Cusco region,will be considered a Regional Conservation Area, in recognition of its worldwide tourist attraction. READ MORE HERE   NEWS ECONOMY BLUEBERRY EXPORTS TO THE USA INCREASED 313% The exports of blueberries from Peru to the United States registered an increase of 313% in the first four months of 2018, compared to the same period of last year. READ MORE HERE   NEWS INTERNATIONAL THE PRIME MINISTER OF HUNGARY SUPPORTS THE BLANQUIRROJA The Prime Minister of Hungary, Viktor Orbán, manifested his support for the Peruvian National Soccer Team, also known as the Blanquirroja. READ MORE HERE