Like many people in modern-day Peru, Rojas was born and raised among Incan sites that were built before the Spanish colonized South America. One of the few well-preserved pyramids sits across from the mansion of President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski, highlighting the creeping pace of urbanization in Peru's bustling capital. An estimated 46,000 pre-colonial sites dot Peru's landscape. Lima's first urban explosion in the 20th century was accompanied by large-scale destruction of pre-colonial sites. Activists fear it will diminish protections for thousands of sites because the law affects only those designated as archaeologically significant by Peru's minister of heritage.

Source: Fox News November 28, 2017 05:15 UTC