It is claimed by some authors that white missionaries or "gods" visited America before Christopher Columbus. Authors usually quote from mythology and legends which discuss ancient gods such as the Mexican Aztec’s Quetzalcoatl to conclude that the legends were actually based on Caucasians visiting those areas, and that the Caucasians were really the gods.
Machu Picchu, the ancient Inca citadel perched on a mountain ridge in Peru, is one of the most stunning and mysterious archaeological sites in the world. For decades, historians have relied on Spanish colonial documents to date the construction and occupation of this marvel of engineering and architecture. However, a new study has challenged the…
Before there was tourism, there was pilgrimage. One writer’s 40,000-mile journey through Bolivia, Mongolia and Iraq reveals the ritual’s enduring transformational power.