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  2. Machu Picchu - Wikipedia

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    Machu Picchu [a] is a 15th-century Inca citadel located in the Eastern Cordillera of southern Peru on a mountain ridge at 2,430 meters (7,970 ft). [9] Often referred to as the "Lost City of the Incas", [10] it is the most familiar icon of the Inca Empire.

  3. Historic Sanctuary of Machu Picchu - Wikipedia

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    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.

  4. Sacred Valley - Wikipedia

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    The Incas are renowned for their precision in stone masonry. The architecture was a means of bringing order to untamed areas and the people of the Andes region. Machu Picchu, located in the Sacred Valley, is an example of the Incas adapting building strategies that acknowledge the topography of the area.

  5. Intihuatana, Urubamba - Wikipedia

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    Intihuatana (possibly from in the Quechua spelling Inti Watana or Intiwatana) [1] [2] at the archaeological site of Machu Picchu (Machu Pikchu) is a notable ritual stone associated with the astronomic clock or calendar of the Inca in South America. Machu Picchu was thought to have been built c. 1450 by the Sapa Inca Pachacuti as a country ...

  6. File:Machupicchu intihuatana.JPG - Wikipedia

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  7. Llaqtapata - Wikipedia

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    A mid-2003 study of the site conducted by Hugh Thomson and Gary Ziegler [7] concluded that the location of Llaqtapata along the Inca trail suggested that it was an important rest stop and roadside shrine on the journey to Machu Picchu. This and subsequent investigations have revealed an extensive complex of structures and features related to ...

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

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    Archaeologists in Peru have unearthed the remains of what they believe are a 4,000-year-old temple and theater, shining a new light on the origins of complex religions in the region.

  9. Intihuatana - Wikipedia

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    The most notable Intihuantana [1] is an archaeological site located at Machu Picchu [2] in the Sacred Valley near Machu Picchu, Peru. The name of the stone (coined perhaps by Hiram Bingham) is derived from Quechua: inti means "sun", and wata-is the verb root "to tie, hitch (up)" (huata-is simply a Spanish spelling).