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Title:
Does Machu Picchu mean "Old Penis"?
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Does Machu Picchu mean "Old Mountain" or "Old Penis"? It depends on how you pronounce it. Join G and me and our guide Carine from Q'ente Adventure tours as we explore this great ruin, one of the new seven wonders of the world. Yes, it's hyped, and we were prepared to be underwhelmed. But the site is unquestionably holy. And vast. Dozens of buildings to explore. Hundreds of terraces spilling down sheer mountain faces. Millions of stones stacked atop one another. Millions more just heaped in jumbled piles - evidence that the Inca weren't through with this astonishing, mysterious ruin before they left. Here's more info from Wikipedia: Machu Picchu (Quechua: Machu Picchu, "Old mountain") is a pre-Columbian Inca site located 2,400 meters (7,875 ft) above sea level[1]. It is situated on a mountain ridge above the Urubamba Valley in Peru, which is 80 km (50 mi) northwest of Cusco. Often referred to as "The Lost City of the Incas", Machu Picchu is probably the most familiar symbol of the Inca Empire. It was built around the year 1450, but abandoned a hundred years later, at the time of the Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire. Forgotten for centuries, the site was brought to worldwide attention in 1911 by Hiram Bingham, an American historian. Since then, Machu Picchu has become an important tourist attraction. It was declared a Peruvian Historical Sanctuary in 1981 and a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1983. It is also one of the New Seven Wonders of the World. Machu Picchu was built in the classical Inca style, with polished dry-stone walls. Its primary buildings are the Intihuatana, the Temple of the Sun, and the Room of the Three Windows. These are located in what is known by archaeologists as the Sacred District of Machu Picchu. In September of 2007, Peru and Yale University reached an agreement regarding the return of artifacts which Hiram Bingham had removed from Machu Picchu in the early 20th century. Currently, there are concerns about the impact of tourism on the site as it reached 400,000 visitors in 2003.
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Does Machu Picchu mean "Old Penis"?
Description:
Does Machu Picchu mean "Old Mountain" or "Old Penis"? It depends on how you pronounce it. Join G and me and our guide Carine from Q'ente Adventure tours as we explore this great ruin, one of the new seven wonders of the world. Yes, it's hyped, and we were prepared to be underwhelmed. But the site is unquestionably holy. And vast. Dozens of buildings to explore. Hundreds of terraces spilling down sheer mountain faces. Millions of stones stacked atop one another. Millions more just heaped in jumbled piles - evidence that the Inca weren't through with this astonishing, mysterious ruin before they left. Here's more info from Wikipedia: Machu Picchu (Quechua: Machu Picchu, "Old mountain") is a pre-Columbian Inca site located 2,400 meters (7,875 ft) above sea level[1]. It is situated on a mountain ridge above the Urubamba Valley in Peru, which is 80 km (50 mi) northwest of Cusco. Often referred to as "The Lost City of the Incas", Machu Picchu is probably the most familiar symbol of the Inca Empire. It was built around the year 1450, but abandoned a hundred years later, at the time of the Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire. Forgotten for centuries, the site was brought to worldwide attention in 1911 by Hiram Bingham, an American historian. Since then, Machu Picchu has become an important tourist attraction. It was declared a Peruvian Historical Sanctuary in 1981 and a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1983. It is also one of the New Seven Wonders of the World. Machu Picchu was built in the classical Inca style, with polished dry-stone walls. Its primary buildings are the Intihuatana, the Temple of the Sun, and the Room of the Three Windows. These are located in what is known by archaeologists as the Sacred District of Machu Picchu. In September of 2007, Peru and Yale University reached an agreement regarding the return of artifacts which Hiram Bingham had removed from Machu Picchu in the early 20th century. Currently, there are concerns about the impact of tourism on the site as it reached 400,000 visitors in 2003.
Author:
Vagabonding
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Machu, Picchu, peru, travel, inca, inka, trail, ruin, penis, Machupicchu, Machupichu, 7wonders, wonders, Incas,
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