Machu Picchu
Machu Picchu
MACHU PICCHUThe ruins of Machu Picchu,
are one of the most beautiful and enigmatic ancient sites in the world.
While the Inca people certainly used the Andean mountain top (9060 feet
elevation), erecting many hundreds of stone structures from the early
1400’s, legends and myths indicate that Machu Picchu
(meaning ‘Old Peak’ in the Quechua language) was revered as a sacred
place from a far earlier time. Whatever its origins, the Inca turned
the site into a small (5 square miles) but extraordinary city.
Invisible from below and completely self-contained, surrounded by
agricultural terraces sufficient to feed the population, and watered by
natural springs, Machu Picchu seems to have been utilized by the Inca as a secret ceremonial city.
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