Moray Steps

My first ruins

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April 15th 2006
A weekend in Moray, Urubamba, and Ollantaytambo I’ve been to my first Incan ruins now. A group of us students have made taken a tornado tour through some of the Sacred Valley, leaving early in the morning to see what should probably be a full weekend worth of sites. Our first stop was at Moray, an Incan agricultural site. Here the Incas constructed terraces following the contours of three ... read more

South America » Peru » Cusco » Ollantaytambo

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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