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Explore Machu Picchu, the Nazca Lines and More in June 2020! H-Travel Explore Machu Picchu, the Nazca Lines and more in June 2020! Discussion published by Rick Pettigrew on Thursday, February 20, 2020 Type: Event Date: June 13, 2020 to June 23, 2020 Location: Peru Subject Fields: Ancient History, Archaeology, Indigenous Studies, World History / Studies, Latin American and Caribbean History / Studies Please share this message as widely as possible! Please spread the word among your networks about our planned guided tour called “Peru: Machu Picchu and Nazca Lines,” to take place June 13-23, 2020! We are a nonprofit devoted to sharing the human story with all. Tours are an important method in the pursuit of that mission. The story of Peruvian civilization we will relate with this tour is big and multifaceted and best told by our expert guide, Dr. Christopher Powell, at the very sites that we will visit. Highlights include two days at Machu Picchu and a flight over the Nazca Lines. The registration deadline is March 13. More details are atarchaeologychannel.org/tours , including the Peru tour registration form. Please share as much as possible and feel free to get back to us with any questions. Email us at [email protected]. Thanks! Rick Pettigrew Contact Info: Richard M. (Rick) Pettigrew, Ph.D., RPA Executive Director Archaeological Legacy Institute 4147 E. Amazon Dr. Eugene, OR 97405 541-345-5538 Contact Email: [email protected] URL: http://archaeologychannel.org Citation: Rick Pettigrew. Explore Machu Picchu, the Nazca Lines and more in June 2020!. H-Travel. 02-20-2020. https://networks.h-net.org/node/15531/discussions/5899950/explore-machu-picchu-nazca-lines-and-more-june-2020 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License. 1.
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