Machu Picchu by junge1

Photography • Landscape • posted on Nov 28, 2016

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Machu Picchu is considered one of the seven wonders of the world and is a World Heritage Site. Machu Picchu is known as the Lost City of the Incas. A city of stone built without the aid of wheels or iron tools. More than 600 terraces prevent the city from sliding down the mountain. Some scholars believe Machu Picchu was a royal estate built for the Inca king Pachacutec around 1450. Others speculate the Inca city was a sacred center where the great political, religious and economic minds of the Inca Empire gathered. The population of Machu Picchu ranged between 300-1,000 inhabitants and consisted mostly of members of Pachacute's lineage, religious elite. and highly specialized artisans recruited from across the empire. Machu Picchu is located more than 1,000-ft above the Urubamba River Valley below. This picture was taken on 26 August 2014, Sig...

Comments (20)

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Faemike55

6:47PM | Mon, 28 November 2016

Wonderful capture and history of this place
however, When I see this (actually hear the name), I think of the movie, Airplane II - "Over Machu Picchu? No!"

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