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The Nazca Lines cover 100s of square kilometers of desert, and depict dozens of figures and thousands of geometric shapes. Because of the almost nonexistent rainfall, these lines, which were formed by removing the sun-darkened rocks, will virtually remain on the landscape forever.

A History Lesson in Machu Picchu

May 17th 2006
We woke for the sunrise, but it wasn't the sun that we wanted to see, it was what the sun was illuminating. With our backs to the heat, we watched the city awaken. The cold dark stones slowly warmed into a living city. The slabs of rocks evolved into living rooms, bedrooms, an empire. Silence was broken only by the waking birds and the grazing llamas eating their breakfast of grass grown in a ... read more

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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

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