Amazing pictures from Machu-Picchu in Peru.

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  • + SlideJoe SlideJoe 1 month ago
    Splendid views
  • + spacedteacher spacedteacher 4 months ago
    Dear Sir : GREAT pictures. I thought you might like to know that I am going to use this slide show in my Chinese classroom to help teach my students about geography and other cultures In English. I will put the link below should you like to check it out. Spacedteacher http://stsasianadventures.shutterfly.com
    Please be advised that my classroom is located on page 2 of my shutterfly site and is called. The Future Of China : Her Students
  • + guest602f1f28 guest602f1f28 6 months ago
    very nice
  • + guru1090 guru1090 6 months ago
    Nice Pictures....
  • + nikkitta Nikkitta M 6 months ago
    Super!!!
    Good photos & explanations!!
    I was there, it was like visiting once more!!
    Groetjen from Argentina
  • + guestb25c409 guestb25c409 6 months ago
    Love the rainbow! I want to go there.
  • + powerpointslideshows Power Point Slide Shows 6 months ago
    Beautiful show
  • + guestf0f334 guestf0f334 6 months ago
    Beautiful。
  • + lvaughn lvaughn 6 months ago
    Beautiful photos. Thanks for sharing.
  • + mutulica Mihaela Olanuta 6 months ago
    Thank you!
    Beautiful pictures!

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  3. Machu Picchu , "Old Peak"; pronounced is a pre-Columbian Inca site located 2,430 metres (8,000 ft) above sea level. It is situated on a mountain ridge above the Urubamba Valley in Peru, which is 80 kilometres (50 mi) northwest of Cuzco and through which the Urubamba River flows. The river is a partially navigable headwater of the Amazon River. Often referred to as "The Lost City of the Incas", Machu Picchu is one of the most familiar symbols of the Inca Empire. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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  6. The Incas started building it around AD 1430 but was abandoned as an official site for the Inca rulers a hundred years later, at the time of the Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire. Although known locally, it was said[who?] to have been forgotten for centuries when the site was brought to worldwide attention in 1911 by Hiram Bingham, an American historian.
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  9. Since then, Machu Picchu has become an important tourist attraction. It has recently come to light that the site may have been discovered and plundered several years previously, in 1867 by a German businessman, Augusto Berns. In fact, there is substantial evidence that a British missionary, Thomas Payne, and a German engineer, J. M. von Hassel, arrived earlier than Hiram, and maps found by historians show references to Machu Picchu as early as 1874.
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  12. Machu Picchu was built in the classical Inca style, with polished dry-stone walls. Its primary buildings are the Intihuatana, the Temple of the Sun, and the Room of the Three Windows. These are located in what is known by archaeologists as the Sacred District of Machu Picchu. In September 2007, Peru and Yale University reached an agreement regarding the return of artifacts which Hiram Bingham had removed from Machu Picchu in the early twentieth century.
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