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Pisac Inca Ruins

 

Archaeologists think the fortress was built to defend the Incas from the fierce Antis (jungle people). The terraces and irrigation systems support the theory that it was a refuge in times of siege.  This is the location of the largest know Inca cemetery.  The dead were buried in tombs high on the cliff sides.
   
         
   
         

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All images were taken by Dorie Parsons in Peru in March 2008 and may not be used without the artist's permission.

 

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