Overview
- The Regional Government of Cusco set June 15 for construction to begin on the 44‑km Yauri–Suykutambo road, a project budgeted at more than S/323 million to improve access to the T’aqrachullo archaeological complex.
- Plans detail asphalt paving with new bridges, drainage and signage to link Yauri, Coporaque and Suykutambo, which officials say will cut travel times, support farm and livestock trade and feed a Cusco–Espinar–Colca tourism corridor.
- Culture director Maritza Rosa Candia said T’aqrachullo is restored, signposted and reachable on a graded road in about 40 minutes from Yauri, as Espinar’s municipality prepares a site‑museum proposal to display roughly 3,000 recovered metal pieces.
- Excavations since 2019 have mapped about 17.4 hectares with around 500 structures and uncovered a large temple with ~2,000‑year roots, a cache of about 3,000 gold, silver and copper sequins, and conflict evidence such as obsidian points and trauma on human remains.
- Researchers note the site may correspond to the Ancocagua described in colonial chronicles, though that identification remains unproven, and the project’s director clarified that T’aqrachullo’s core is far smaller than the 32,000‑hectare Machu Picchu sanctuary despite recent media comparisons.