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Machu Picchu  

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  • The pre-Columbian empire and state system of the Incas of South America created Machu Picchu during the mid-15th century as a royal Incan estate. Machu Picchu, a Quechua Indian term translated as “old or ancient” peak, is located just 50 miles northwest of Cuzco, Peru. [Source: Encyclopedia of Anthropology; Machu Picchu]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-Q6BZMW2J-9

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