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Video description: Inca -
Secret of the Ancestors.
The Incas built a notable civilization in western South America in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. The center of their empire was in present-day Cuzco, Peru.
Machu Picchu is without doubt the most recognizable symbol of Inca Civilization. "The Inca Trail", as it is known now, was the Royal Highway that led pilgrims and officials of the Empire to the Sacred City of the Incas.
The Nazca culture flourished between 300 BC and AD 800. They were
responsible for the Nazca Lines and the ceremonial city of Cahuachi; they also
constructed an impressive system of underground aqueducts that still function
today.
The Nazca Lines are a series of geoglyphs located in the Nazca Desert, a
high arid plateau that stretches 53 miles or more than 80 kilometers between the
towns of Nazca and Palpa on the Pampas de Jumana in Peru. They were created by
the Nazca culture between 200 BC and AD 700.
Maria Reiche (1903-1998) was a German-born mathematician and archaeologist
who is famous for her research in the Nazca lines in Peru. Maria Reiche was born
May 15, 1903 in Dresden. She studied mathematics, geography and languages at the
Dresden Technical University. Reiche theorized that the builders of the lines
used them as a sun calendar and an observatory for astronomical cycles.
Francisco Pizarro González, 1st Marqués de los Atabillos (c. 1471 or 1476
– June 26, 1541) was a Spanish conquistador, conqueror of the Inca Empire and
founder of Lima, La Ciudad de los Reyes, capital of Peru.
See also:
History of the Incas 1
- Inca Trail, 2,
3,
4,
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