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In royal dwellings Incans never used mortar between stones, instead they chiselleled them down till they fit perfectly.
The Lost City of the Incas

September 5th 2007
I woke up on Saturday feeling horrible, my stomach had been killing me all night and I had a fever as well. Clearly the dodgy sandwich plus all the dirt I had swallowed ATVing the previous day had messed me up. I survived on Imodium, Paracetemol and soup for the next day and a half. I slept most of the day until evening when we got our bus to Ollataytambo, a small town from where we were going ... read more
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Peruvian Flag Ancient Peru was the seat of several prominent Andean civilizations, most notably that of the Incas whose empire was captured by the Spanish conquistadors in 1533. Peruvian independence was declared in 1821, and remaining Spanish forces defeated in 1... ... read more
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