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First Day Adventure

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April 29th 2014
We headed off to Pisac, an Inca agricultural and burial site. The site exhibited the famously engineered agricultural terraces. The side of the mountain contained many holes in the exposed earth where graves had been "robbed." The bodies had been mummified in the fetal position. The body cavities had been filled with herbs to repel insects and preserve the bodies, pretty amazing. We also walked th ... 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