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  • A 5th grade student waits while the teacher attends to the younger students inside the small elementary school in Q'eros, Cordillera de Paucartambo, Andes Mountains, Peru. Spanish sentences are visible on the blackboard behind him. Lessons are taught in both native Quechua and Spanish, the official language of Peru.
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  • A poster in Spanish describing the rights of the child hangs inside the small elementary school in Q'eros, Cordillera de Paucartambo, Andes Mountains, Peru. The students are taught in both their native Quechua and Spanish, the official language of Peru.
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  • The teacher writes out a Spanish lesson on the blackboard in the small elementary school in Q'eros, Cordillera de Paucartambo, Andes Mountains, Peru. The students are taught in both their native Quechua and Spanish, the official language of Peru.
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  • A male Andean cock-of-the-rock (Rupicola peruvianus), Peru's national bird, in the cloud forest on the eastern foothills of the Andes, between the Puna highlands and the lower Amazon Basin, Peru.
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  • A male Andean cock-of-the-rock (Rupicola peruvianus), Peru's national bird, in the cloud forest on the eastern foothills of the Andes, between the Puna highlands and the lower Amazon Basin, Peru.
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  • Guinea pigs press up against the fence of their pen at a restaurant in Pisac, Peru on September 23, 2005. The guinea pig is the culinary specialty of Peru.
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  • The teacher writes out a Spanish lesson on the blackboard in the small elementary school in Q'eros, Cordillera de Paucartambo, Andes Mountains, Peru on September 15, 2005. The students are taught in both their native Quechua and Spanish, the official language of Peru. The Q'eros, a Quecha people living in the Peruvian Andes, are considered the last direct descendants of the Incas and proudly maintain many of the ancient traditions.
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  • Students wait around while the teacher attends to younger children in the small elementary school in Q'eros, Cordillera de Paucartambo, Andes Mountains, Peru on September 15, 2005. The students are taught in both their native Quechua and Spanish, the official language of Peru. The Q'eros, a Quecha people living in the Peruvian Andes, are considered the last direct descendants of the Incas and proudly maintain many of the ancient traditions.
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  • The historical  town of the Q'eros people, high in the Cordillera de Paucartambo, Andes Mountains, Peru. Most Q'eros live at higher elevations during the dry season to herd alpaca, but potatoes and other staples are grown in this village, at a lower altitude of 11,000 feet.
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  • Alpaca, herded by the traditional Q'eros people, search for food below melting snow high in the Cordillera de Paucartambo, Andes Mountains, Peru.
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  • Alpaca, herded by the traditional Q'eros people, in the Cordillera de Paucartambo, Andes Mountains, Peru.
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  • Walking Palm (Socratea exorrhiza) growth tampered with by locals for a practical penis joke, Manu National Park, Peru.
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  • A platform built at the top of a giant Kapok tree in the Manu National Park Reserve Zone, Peru, provides views over an oxbow lake and dense jungle.
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  • Dragonflies sit atop Liana Welty's hat and headnet, Manu National Park, Peru.
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  • A raft, used by guides and ecotourism companies to explore an oxbow lake in Manu National Park Reserve Zone, Peru, prepares to dock at the pier.
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  • A large tree with buttress roots in the Manu National Park Reserve Zone, Peru.
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  • Staple foods of the traditional diet in the Altiplano region of Peru - potatoes,  barley grain, clay and cheese. The clay provides essential vitamins and minerals not available otherwise.
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  • Pre-inca chullpas at the Sillustani burial grounds, near Puno, Peru. Sillustani is a pre-Inca and Inca burial ground where members of high society were mummified and buried in the fetal position (symbolizing rebirth) and placed in the small openings at the base which face east, where the sun is said to be born from mother earth every morning.
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  • Carved cedar statues above wooden stalls surround the chapels of the Monasterio de San Francisco in Lima, Peru.
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  • Carved cedar statues above wooden stalls surround the chapels of the Monasterio de San Francisco in Lima, Peru.
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  • View of the Cathedral from the fountain in the center of the Plaza de Armas in Lima, Peru on August 27, 2005.
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  • An elderly woman in traditional clothing hand spins alpaca wool under the columns of a stone arcade in Cusco, Peru.
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  • Groups of trekkers tour the Inca ruins of Phuyupatamarca along the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu, Peru.
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  • Local men play a casual game of soccer among the Inca ruins at Chinchero, Peru, following the weekly town meeting.
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  • Female dancers twirl on the stage in front of the church in Llamay, Peru, on the final day of the festival for Santa Rosa de Lima, South America's first catholic saint.
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  • A young girl performs in a dance competition held in Llamay, near Cusco, Peru during the festival for Santa Rosa de Lima, South America's first catholic saint.
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  • Local women display their textile handicrafts for sale along the stone path at the summit of Taquile Island on Lake Titicaca, Peru.
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  • Two shallow stone dishes, believed to be filled with water to serve as an astronomical observatory, at Machu Picchu archaeological site, Peru
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  • Wooden rowboats sit on a floating reed island (Los Uros) in Lake Titicaca, Peru. The rope extending into the water is tied to a submerged anchor holding the man-made island in place.
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  • A herd of alpacas and llamas grazes on the cultivated shores of Lake Titicaca, Peru.
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  • Mud tubes built by cicadas, Manu National Park, Peru. For up to 17 years, Cicadas live as nymphs underground, sucking the sap from the roots of plants. They then emerge all at the same time out of mud tubes for a deafening mating frenzy.
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  • The crimsom bloom of the powder-puff tree (Calliandra haematocephala), Manu National Park, Madre de Dios, Peru.
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  • Brown Capuchin (Cebus apella) monkey among bamboo in the cloud forest on the eastern foothills of the Andes, between the Puna highlands and the lower Amazon Basin, Peru.
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  • A neotropic cormorant (Phalacrocorax brasilianus) stands on a tree branch in the middle of an oxbow lake in the Manu National Park Reserve Zone, Peru.
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  • Guinea pigs in an enclosure at a restaurant in Pisac, Peru, where they are a culinary specialty.
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  • Small hut door in the alpaca herding village of the Q'eros people under snow, Cordillera de Paucartambo, Andes Mountains, Peru.
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  • Two men and a mule hike through a blizzard near a high pass in the , Andes Mountains, Peru, en route to the herding village of the Q'eros people.
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  • Small waterfall in the thick forest of Manu National Park, Peru.
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  • View of the jungle canopy from the top of a towering Kapok tree in the Manu National Park Reserve Zone, Peru.
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  • Slash and burn agriculture for new banana plantations in the Manu Cultural Zone, Peru.
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  • A dragonfly lands on a man's nose, Manu National Park, Peru
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  • A wildlife guide holds up a small piranha caught in an oxbow lake in the Manu National Park Reserve Zone, Peru.
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  • Red Coca Cola crates at the river settlement of Boca Manu, deep inside the Manu National Park Cultural Zone, Peru.
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  • An elderly shopkeeper waits for customers at the river settlement of Boca Manu, deep inside the Manu National Park Cultural Zone, Peru.
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  • A black caiman (Melanosuchus niger) surfaces on an oxbow lake in the Manu National Park Reserve Zone, Peru.
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  • A guide scans the banks of an oxbow lake with his binoculars looking for wildlife from a wooden boat, Manu National Park Reserve Zone, Peru. The Reserve Zone is highly protected, only accessible to a handful of licensed ecotourism companies, professional guides and research scientists.
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  • Three boys in red Catholic school uniforms sit together on stairs under a blue door in Paucartambo, Peru.
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  • Pair of backlit alpacas at a farm near Puno, Peru.
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  • Pre-inca chullpa at the Sillustani burial grounds, near Puno, Peru. Sillustani is a pre-Inca and Inca burial ground where members of high society were mummified and buried in the fetal position (symbolizing rebirth) and placed in the small openings at the base which face east, where the sun is said to be born from mother earth every morning.
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  • Tourists stand and take pictures at dawn from inside the main ruins of the spectacular archeological site of Machu Picchu, Peru.
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  • A group of porters sit and rest together on a hillside along the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu, Peru.
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  • Local men play a casual game of soccer among the Inca ruins at Chinchero, Peru, following the weekly town meeting.
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  • Locals stand looking out over the dark blue water of Lake Titicaca and passing boats from an overlook on Amantani Island, Peru.
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  • A women walks past bowls of potatoes, barley grain, clay, cheese - parts of the traditional diet in the Altiplano region - in the courtyard of a mud and thatch roof farm near Puno, Peru.
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  • A wedding procession, including a cadillac limousine and a horse drawn carriage, passes in front of the Lima Cathedral as it circles the Plaza de Armas in Lima, Peru.
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  • Rooftop view of the Cathedral de Santo Domingo (left), the Iglesia del Trunfo and the Plaza de Armas in Cusco, Peru.
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  • Elaborate water canals and temple walls built with carved stones at the Inca ruins above Pisac in the Sacred Valley, Peru.
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  • Ancient (pillaged) burial sites built into a steep cliff at the Inca ruins above Pisac, Sacred Valley, Peru.
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  • Detail of the Incan experimental agricultural terraces of Moray, Urubamba Valley, Peru. The site is believed to have been used for experimental agriculture, self irrigating and recessed for artificially warmer and wetter conditions.
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  • Tourists, sitting on the terraces overlooking the main ruins, enjoy the sunrise at the spectacular archeological site of Machu Picchu, Peru.
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  • Detail of the surface of Lake Titicaca in Peru gently undulating and reflecting the deep blue of the sky.
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  • View of the Cathedral from the fountain in the center of the Plaza de Armas in Lima, Peru.
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  • A pod of scarlet annatto (Bixa orellana), used for food, clothing and facepaint dye by indigenous people in Manu National Park, Peru.
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  • A wildlife guide carefully removes a fishing hook from the mouth of a small piranha caught in an oxbow lake in the Manu National Park Reserve Zone, Peru.
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  • Small sand-coloured nighthawks (Chordeiles rupestris) sit on a river snag in Manu National Park, Madre de Dios, Peru.
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  • A spider on its web in Manu National Park, Madre de Dios, Peru.
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  • Liana Welty smiles and enjoys the sunset under her mosquito netting during a boat trip up the Manu River in Manu National Park, Madre de Dios, Peru, led by Pantiacolla.
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  • A masked dancer performs in a dance competition held in Llamay, Sacred Valley, Peru, during the festival held in honor of Santa Rosa de Lima, South America's first catholic saint.
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  • Neatly arranged human skulls and bones piled inside the catacombs below the Monasterio de San Francisco in Lima, Peru.
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  • A young man (tourist) with traditional scarlet annatto (Bixa orellana) facepaint,in Manu National Park, Peru.
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  • A young girl prepares potatoes for her school teacher and herself after class in Q'eros, high in the Cordillera de Paucartambo, Andes Mountains, Peru before walking to her home in a neighboring village.
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  • Two alpaca, herded by the Q'eros, stand on a steep slope high in the Cordillera de Paucartambo, Andes Mountains, Peru. The Q'eros, a Quecha people living in the Peruvian Andes, are considered the last direct descendants of the Incas and proudly maintain many of the ancient traditions.
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  • A traditionally dressed Andean family relaxes among the ruins of the Inca fortress at Ollantaytambo, Sacred Valley, Peru on September 23, 2005.
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  • The Inca agricultural terraces of Moray, Urubamba Valley, Peru on September 22, 2005. The site is believed to have been used for experimental agriculture, self irrigating and recessed for artificially warmer and wetter conditions.
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  • Boys climb up stairs inside the Inca agricultural terraces of Moray, Urubamba Valley, Peru on September 22, 2005. The site is believed to have been used for experimental agriculture, self irrigating and recessed for artificially warmer and wetter conditions.
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  • A small ruin in the jungle visible from the larger complex of Sayaqmarka along the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu, Peru on September 20, 2005.
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  • Hikers and porters hiking the Inca Trail pass a small alpine lake on their journey to Machu Picchu, Peru on September 20, 2005.
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  • A Q'eros elder stands in the mist wearing traditional alpaca wool clothing and embroidery outside Q'eros in the Cordillera de Paucartambo, Andes Mountains, Peru on September 15, 2005. The Q'eros, a traditional Quecha people living in the Peruvian Andes, are considered the last direct descendants of the Incas.
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  • Clouds roll over the historical  town of the Q'eros people, high in the Cordillera de Paucartambo, Andes Mountains, Peru on September 15, 2005. Most Q'eros live at higher elevations during the dry season to herd alpaca, but potatoes and other staples are grown in this village, at a lower altitude of 11,000 feet. The Q'eros, a Quecha people living in the Peruvian Andes, are considered the last direct descendants of the Incas and proudly maintain many of the ancient traditions.
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  • Yuri, a young Peruvian guide from Cuzco, struggles through a blizzard and over a high pass enroute to the village of Q'eros in the Cordillera de Paucartambo, Andes Mountains, Peru on September 14, 2005.
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  • A masked dancer performs in a dance competition held in Llamay, Sacred Valley, Peru on September 1, 2005. The festival is held in honor of Santa Rosa de Lima, South America's first catholic saint.
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  • A musician performs Andean music for tourists inside the train that runs between Cuzco and Puno, Peru on August 31, 2005.
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  • Bundles of dried reeds lay in a pile besides a home on a floating reed island in Lake Titicaca, Peru on August 29, 2005.
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  • View of the Cathedral from the fountain in the center of the Plaza de Armas in Lima, Peru on August 27, 2005.
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  • Snow-capped peaks rise above an ancient footpath and a lone shepherd's hut in the community of Q'eros, high in the Cordillera de Paucartambo, Andes Mountains, Peru. The Q'eros, a Quecha people, are considered the last direct descendants of the Incas and proudly maintain many of their ancient traditions.
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  • A rainbow appears over thatch roof stone huts and gardens in the traditional village of the Q'eros, high in the Cordillera de Paucartambo, Andes Mountains, Peru. The Q'eros, a Quecha people, are considered the last direct descendants of the Incas and proudly maintain many of their ancient traditions. Most Q'eros live at higher elevations during the dry season to herd alpaca, but potatoes (shown) and other staples are grown in this village, at a lower altitude of 11,000 feet...
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  • A larger thatch roof stone structure in the traditional village of the Q'eros, high in the Cordillera de Paucartambo, Andes Mountains, Peru. The Q'eros, a Quecha people living in the Peruvian Andes, are considered the last direct descendants of the Incas and proudly maintain many of their ancient traditions.
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  • Yuri, a young Peruvian guide from Cuzco, hikes on an ancient footpath, past large agave plants, enroute to the village of Q'eros in the Cordillera de Paucartambo, Andes Mountains, Peru.
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  • A small wooden door is the entrance to a thatch roof stone hut in the alpaca herding village of the Q'eros people, under snow, in the Cordillera de Paucartambo, Andes Mountains, Peru. The Q'eros, a Quecha people living in the Peruvian Andes, are considered the last direct descendants of the Incas and proudly maintain many of their ancient traditions.
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  • A canvas sac overflows with piles of small potatoes stored in a small, dark hut in the alpaca herding village of the Q'eros people in the Cordillera de Paucartambo, Andes Mountains, Peru. The Q'eros, a Quecha people living in the Peruvian Andes, are considered the last direct descendants of the Incas and proudly maintain many of their ancient traditions.
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  • A patchwork of small cultivated fields and shepherd's huts and stone corrals in a valley along the trail to the community of the Q'eros, high in the Cordillera de Paucartambo, Andes Mountains, Peru. The Q'eros, a Quecha people, are considered the last direct descendants of the Incas and proudly maintain many of their ancient traditions. Most Q'eros live at higher elevations during the dry season to herd alpaca, but potatoes and other staples are grown at these lower elevations (~ 11,000 feet).
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  • Over thirty varieties of corn lay on sale at a market stall in Cusco, Peru on September 24, 2005.
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  • Inca agricultural terraces hug the hillsides at the Inca ruins above Pisac, Sacred Valley, Peru on September 23, 2005.
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  • A masterfully carved stone wall rises dramatically at the fortress of Ollantaytambo, the last stronghold of Manco Inca, an Inca Rebel, in the Sacred Valley, Peru on September 23, 2005.
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  • Salinas salt pans of Maras, Sacred Valley, Peru on September 22, 2005. Natives of Maras own and harvest the salt pans for sale to the cooperative which distributes it to the region's markets as industrial to table salt.
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  • A group of schoolchildren walk along the rim of the Inca agricultural terraces of Moray, Urubamba Valley, Peru on September 22, 2005. The site is believed to have been used for experimental agriculture, self irrigating and recessed for artificially warmer and wetter conditions.
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  • A stone wall still stands, masterfully built by the Inca to fit around a naturally occurring boulder, in Machu Picchu, Peru on September 21, 2005.
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  • A small building is visible through an opening in a masterfully built stone wall at Machu Picchu, Peru on September 21, 2005.
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  • Two visitors are dwarfed by the ruins of Machu Picchu, an ancient Inca site perched above the Urubamba Valley in Peru, as morning light filters through the clouds on September 21, 2005.
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  • Early morning light strikes stone ruins in Machu Picchu, Peru on September 21, 2005.
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