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- Inca fortress city in the Andes in Peru discovered in 1911; it may have been built in the 15th century
How To Use Machu Picchu In A Sentence
- Machu Picchu ("Old Peak") is a pre-Columbian Inca city located at 2,430 m (7,970 ft) altitude on a mountain ridge above the Urubamba Valley in Peru, near Cusco.
- The collection of osteological material from Machu Picchu. Archive 2006-03-01
- At one point, they measured the angle of the roof gables at Machu Picchu and advised the artist to make them steeper.
- Its outdoorsy Peru, Chile, Argentina, and Brazil itineraries can be packed with private perks like after-dark tours of Machu Picchu.
- Machu Picchu or Old Peak is the name given to the stone ruins of a pre-Columbian Incan city perched high atop the Andean peaks of Peru.
- When Hiram Bingham discovered Machu Picchu on a mountaintop the local inhabitants had never ventured there. INCA GOLD
- That appeals to the kind of intrepid older travelers who have already done Peru's Machu Picchu and Cambodia's Angkor Wat. Turkmenistan Opens Its Doors
- She's a total "coper," marching off to think about big ideas at the Aspen Institute, hiking Machu Picchu and then, with her shoulder pads nestled safely in her pack, flying to North Carolina for an Outward Bound rock-climbing trip. SMITH Magazine Superfeed
- Fifth is Machu Picchu, the 15 th century hidden mountain city of the Incas in Peru.
- A curious llama at Machu Picchu.