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                                  Links for more on Incas    

 

 

 

          Machu Picchu

    (Click on the picture to get an interactive view)

 

 

 

The line drawing (above left) is by an actual Inca artist, Guaman Poma, who was born about 20 years after the time of the Spanish conquest (in 1533 AD). This drawing is from a book he wrote and illustrated about the Inca people.


Learn more about the quipu
(spelled "Khipu" on the site below)
http://www.carlos.emory.edu/ODYSSEY/AA/quipo.htm

The picture below is Tar.

As you can see, it is from a page out of Rebecca's scrapbook.


 

9 minute video tour of Machu Picchu





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