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  2. Machu Picchu - Wikipedia

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    Machu Picchu [a] is a 15th-century ... When inhabited by the Incas, the location of the city was a military secret, and its deep precipices and steep mountains ...

  3. Vilcabamba, Peru - Wikipedia

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    The Incas had occupied the Vilcabamba region since about 1450 AD, establishing major centers at Machu Picchu, Choquequirao, Vitcos, and Vilcabamba. [14] Thus, the Incas were familiar with the region when Inca emperor, Manco Inca Yupanqui , won the Battle of Ollantaytambo against the Spanish and their indigenous allies in January 1537.

  4. Andean civilizations - Wikipedia

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    Machu Picchu, a mountainous settlement that was inhabited during the time of Tahuantinsuyu. In later periods, much of the Andean region was conquered by the indigenous Incas, who in 1438 founded the largest empire that the Americas had ever seen, named Tahuantinsuyu, but usually called the Inca Empire. [6]

  5. History of the Incas - Wikipedia

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    Inca Artifacts, Peru, and Machu Picchu 360-degree movies of inca artifacts and Peruvian landscapes. Inca civilization and other ancient civilizations by Genry Joil. Ancient Civilizations – Inca

  6. Sacred Valley - Wikipedia

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    The Sacred Valley is a major tourist destination. In 2019, 1.6 million people, the majority non-Peruvians, visited Machu Picchu, [2] its most famous archaeological site. Many of the same tourists also visited other archaeological sites and modern towns in the Sacred Valley.

  7. Ancient temple and theater 3,500 years older than Machu ...

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    The finds predate the country’s best-known archaeological site, the ancient citadel of Machu Picchu, which is believed to have been built by the Inca Empire in the 15th century, by about 3,500 ...

  8. History of Peru - Wikipedia

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    Machu Picchu (sometimes called the "Lost City of the Incas") is a well-preserved pre-Columbian Inca ruin located on a high mountain ridge above the Urubamba Valley, about 70 km (44 mi) northwest of Cusco. Elevation measurements vary depending on whether the data refer to the ruin or the extremity of the mountain; Machu Picchu tourist ...

  9. Lost city - Wikipedia

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    Hiram Bingham rediscovered the ruins of Machu Picchu in 1911, ... It was home to around 20,000 people at its height, and it was inhabited from c. 1450–1700 AD.