Awamaki is located in the town of Ollantaytambo, which is between Cusco, the Incan capital city and tourist mecca, and Machu Picchu, a U.N. World Heritage site and tourist destination.
Northern Andean objects include Sican ceremonial gold vessels and tumi, ceramics from the Moche, Chimu, Chancay, and Vicus cultures, Incan keros and mummy masks, and Peruvian textiles.
Cayambe Canton, which is the site of the Pambamarca pre-Incan structures, the Sun and Moon temples in Puntiatsil, and part of the Inca Trail.
Pedro Cieza de León, primary source historian of Incan Peru at the time of the Spanish conquest.
He is separated from his father while visiting the ancient Incan ruins of Machu Picchu.
Peter Lourie, Sweat of the Sun, Tears of the Moon: A Chronicle of an Incan Treasure
At the start of the game, Carmen steals a rare Franco-Italian edition of The Travels of Marco Polo (which conveniently has the title written on the cover in English) and, as the game progresses, she goes on to steal a Māori wood carving, Incan Quipus and other seemingly random items.
They were originally individuals in the Incan Empire who left the ayllu system and worked full-time at a variety of tasks for the Inca, the Coya (Inca queen), or the religious establishment.
The album incorporates diverse instrumentation, including bagpipes and horns, and delves into Incan, Mayan, Slavic and Greek mythology.