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National Geographic : 1950 Oct
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© National Geographic Society 456 Machu Picchu, Sanctuary of the Virgins of the Sun, Clings to a Ridge 8,000 Feet in the Sky Here the Inca kingdom endured 39 years after Spain took Cusco. Ancient temples adjoin the small Sacred Plaza (left). The terraced eminence leads to an intihuatanastone, to which astronomer-priests "tied" the sun.
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