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Machu Picchu lies in the Southern Hemisphere, 13.111 degrees south of the equator. [94] It is 80 kilometers (50 miles) northwest of Cusco, on the crest of the mountain Machu Picchu, located about 2,430 meters (7,970 feet) above mean sea level, over 1,000 meters (3,300 ft) lower than Cusco, which has an elevation of 3,400 meters (11,200 ft). [94]
American adventurer Harry Steele makes a living as a tour guide in Cusco, Peru but plans to earn his fortune by finding the legendary gold and jeweled "sunburst", a lost Inca treasure, at the ancient capital of Machu Picchu. He possesses a fragment of a carved stone block which gives the location of the sunburst when placed on a stone map of ...
Putucusi (possibly from Quechua phutu bud, -q a suffix, k'usi a cucurbit species, a small zucchini or Cucurbita pepo, [1] "budding zucchini (or Cucurbita pepo)") is a round-shaped mountain located on the opposite side (northeast) of the Urubamba River to Machu Picchu in the Cusco Region of Peru.
Articles relating to Machu Picchu, a 15th-century Inca citadel located in the Eastern Cordillera of southern Peru on a 2,430-meter (7,970 ft) mountain ridge. Often referred to as the "Lost City of the Incas", it is the most familiar icon of the Inca Empire .
[6] It is one of the most important archeological constructions around the Machu Picchu site. [7] Inti Punku was once the main entrance to Machu Picchu, in particular it was the primary approach from the then capital city of Cusco to the southeast. [8] The gate likely would have been protected by Incan military.
Pages in category "Films shot in Machu Picchu" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
The Historic Sanctuary of Machu Picchu [2] is a protected area in Peru covering over 35,000 hectares. It includes the natural environment surrounding the Machu Picchu archaeological site, located in the rugged cloud forest of the Yungas on the eastern slope of the Peruvian Andes and along both banks of the Urubamba River, which flows northwest in this section.
This Inca Bridge is a part of a mountain trail that heads west from Machu Picchu. The trail is a stone path, part of which is cut into a cliff face. [2] A twenty-foot gap was left in this section of the carved cliff edge, [3] over a 1,900-foot drop, [3] that could be bridged with two tree trunks, otherwise leaving the trail impassable to ...