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Exploring Cusco – A great introduction to Inca sites

By Rick Hind | Published: October 1, 2009
Machu Picchu has been named one of the New Seven Wonders of the World, but visitors are often surprised by gaps in knowledge about the Lost City of the Inca.  Why was it abandoned at the time of the Spanish conquest? How did the Inca move the enormous stone blocks into place without using the [...]
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