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The Inca world : ancient people and places ; art, architecture, religion, everyday life, culture ; the native civilizations of the Andes and South America explored in 500 ...

ANTH copy 39088019656784 gift from Paul R. Julian. Introduction -- Discovering the Incas and their predecessors -- Native and Spanish sources -- Explorers and the first archaeologists -- 20th-century ...
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Machu Picchu virtual tour exploring the ancient Inca city and megalithic mysteries of Peru

Join a virtual tour of Machu Picchu with researcher Brian Forster and explore one of the world’s most breathtaking ancient sites. Travel from Peru’s Sacred Valley to the legendary Inca citadel and ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Servants at Machu Picchu Came From Distant Corners of the Inca Empire

The Inca city in Peru is one of the most recognizable historical sites in the world. Built in the mid-15th century, it served as a royal estate for the rulers of the Inca Empire before the arrival of ...
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This is considered the oldest living city in the Americas

THE OLDEST LIVING CITY IN THE AMERICAS. THIS IS CUSCO, PERU, THE CAPITAL OF THE INCAN EMPIRE. IT’S ALIVE AND IT’S UP THERE AT 11,000FT. THE ELEVATION IS MORE THAN TWICE AS HIGH AS DENVER. BUT ...
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Archaeologists Discovered an Underground Inca Labyrinth, Confirming a Centuries-Old Rumor

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: The existence of a tunnel network under the ancient Peruvian city of Cusco had been rumored for centuries. At times stretching more than a mile, the ...
NPR

Inca Dig

Host Jacki Lyden talks to British explorer Peter Frost about his discovery of the ancient Inca city of Corihuayrachina, high in the Peruvian Andes. Frost first saw the ruins during a hiking trip two ...