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True....but....it was being regularly looted, was very overgrown, and was not preserved in any way. Bingham brought Machu Picchu to the world's attention which lead to massive excavation and preservation efforts started by his Yale team and then handed off to the Peruvian government.

That is the exact point, locals know lot of local knowledge but due to lack of travelling, travellers take that knowledge and spread it world wide. They should credit locals for finding out about their own locality. It would be unfair if they didnt do that. Locals should try to tell travellers to keep the local information from spreading. Although how they wud have communicated that is something I cant imagine. But locals should get their credit for report card on humanity n human rights.

Bible has it that nomad wud pitch their tents and wud destory everything locals had and used it for themselves until they moved on to next place for pitching their tents. Lord taught locals to fight the nomads and claim their lands from nomads. Everything is there in the Bible what has been happening with humanity ever since it was created.

rrek7 shut up idiot

@@clay384 tf? Relax

@@clay384 Calm your face

Ive booked it for next year cant wait

I did the same in high school, that hike killed me lol I didnt get to enjoy much of the scenery while i was there until i actually got to machu pichu. I lost like 10 pounds in those 4 days xD it was all worth it though when youre hiking and you start to see the clouds part and see this absolutely mind blowing view of the city. Its something I will never forget.

I like the Mountains/Giant Face @ The Beginning...Tilt your Head to the Right...

DJ CrotchKick true it looks like a head

LOL it is!

Timestamp?

Yes lol

All Things Wildlife A primitive? Why do you consider them primitive?

Just because they're an old civilization doesn't mean they're primitive. Clearly for their time they were far from primitive to be able to build something as remarkable as this

bodybuildingbooks actually you are right. I don't think they are primitive. Us modern day people cant even make city's that can survive earthquakes lol. What i should of said would be old or ancient.

All Things Wildlife how the hell were they primitive? Very gross white centric assumption from your statement

Amit Kumar i was wrong. I should of said old or ancient. Not primitive. I am sorry if i offended everyone.

How was the trip?

How was the trip, any pointers?

Did you die?

@@blaurence4123 it is always like that when people announce something like that. they seem to have other things on their minds after it happened.

Hancel De Torres Fabulous!

oligarch spotted ^^

Luckyyyyy

En español, sabemos que en Filipinas hablan español.

@@MasFutbolHoy Fue colonia española, pero ya no hablan español.

Don't worry about your English grammar dude im English and you write better than most of the people i know 😂

Peru and India are brothers in culture 🇵🇪🇮🇳, Machu Picchu and Taj Mahal, 7 wonders of the world.

@@countryballspredicciones5184 Taj Mahal is Iranian not Indian. It's located in India but was built by the Iranian architect during the Mughal occupation of Indian subcontinent.

It is indian whoever made this doesnt count,its ur hate which is visible here ​@subwaymirdif

Those facts do not add up

@@whitecapmadness7181 obviously.

Did they even have a written language? I remember reading somewhere that they had an only language called knot tying language aka quipo( if I spelled it right).

They definitely has a system of complex mathematics, so we can assume they had a written language.

I wish that there was a written language because I feel that so much Incan history could be revealed had there been something left from this Empire. I love the Inca and the Mayans... and I want to learn as much as I can about both, but unfortunately due to the passage of time and because so little survives, there's holes in my learning.

The 10th article edition (DOI: 10.20944/preprints202108.0087.v10) is posted at P r e p r i n t s. Search the article by DOI or by title.

Awesome country.

Robbie Felix Synchronicity! Have a great time.

Dead Baron exactly bro!!!! You cant build shit without any plans.

Dead Baron they used numbers but had no written language. Math is a concept we made that doesn’t exist in the real world but is everywhere. The Incas were one of the best builders at the time of their existence.

Many ancient civilizations did NOT have written script. The ones that did, like Greece and Egypt, were exceptions. For the majority of human history, most civilizations had oral traditions. They passed on knowledge and history through orators who spoke before citizens regularly. Of course, as time goes on those words are spoken less and less until they don't exist anymore

leftyfourguns Chinese had it, the Indus folk had it..... and that was before the Incas became big if I'm right lots of middle eastern ones did asian ones as well and mayas etc.

The Incas and previous civilizations of Peru had Quipu which some believe must have been an ancient form of writing.

Unfortunately

StopWatch it’s almost like you think they won’t advance with the times. Dumbass.

You are wrong. How they can adept to powergun in less then 50 years? Inca Empire was big, strong, but they had enemys. When conquistadors came, hundreds of indians string along to them. And in first few years, when they met Whites, they met 100-200 people. They ignor them. They haven't hed met such a peoples and animals (horses) before. When Spanish attacked them with thousends of indians from other ''kingdomds'', and unknown diseases, they lost. They hadn't had 100 years to adept.

Okay, the Spanish had the Inquisition. Crusades? How about that? Must have been fun right? and No, they didn't have electricity in Europe in those times either. "cutting stones nicely"? Is that all you get from Inca architecture? Comparing African "tribes" to the Inca? Learn the meaning of the word "civilization" first. Savagery? Let's see, the Greeks poisoned wells, and took young girls to live with old men, not to mention of course their fascination with young boys. Would you have left your child for them to babysit for a while? The Romans? Crucifixion anyone? Massive public spectacles where people were eaten by beasts to the cheers of the crowd? I wonder how much a ticket to one of those events was or was it free, so that anyone could enjoy the benefits of Roman civilization? Genocide anyone? What did Columbus do to the indigenous people of the Caribbean islands again?

But there was a major difference. The atrocities committed by the indigenous people was a result of their worldview. However, there is nothing in the christian worldview that justified what Europeans did.

Indeed, the sound is too damn loud.

I myself can't stand the "Large" sound.

I like it

@@bluelight2681 957987

@@dangxiong2817 Yes

Centropristis Striata yes, I know my counrry 😞😞

Jisus cruais is it Spanish

xhuman 2907 lovely ..

You must be so proud of your people's legacy.

@@praveenbhat5392 juegas Battlefield 1?

Not really. Unfortunately you never saw the temples of Angkor which will make Macchu picchu look small and primitive.

Tee Touch👍👍 No disrespect but Machu Picchu is by far way breathtaking due to the place where is at. If you went up there you'd be mesmerized by its beauty and panoramic views from many sides. Not to mention a much higher mountain near there named Wayna Picchu. Plus Peru has got other amazing places built on high mountains, like Pisac and many more. In conclusion it may be a small place but it's where the Incas built it which leaves any person perplexed. I wish I had mo money and I would return to visit. 👍👍👍

The Khmer Empire built a mountain temple complex called Preah Vihear that rival this in size but it's only 600 meters high compare to Macchu Picchu 2,400 meters. But the Preah Vihear is 500 years older than Macchu Picchu. The view on top of Preah Vihear is equally beautiful like Macchu Picchu. Macchu picchu has no architecture, carvings, arches, and such. Not that impressive to me compare to Preah Vihear temple.

Charlie you are right that place holds the lost pieces to the puzzle of life..

@@supremekhmer6596 Machu Picchu is one of the seven wonders of the world, but the temples of Angkor are good too!

It's also important to remember that the Inca civilization devoted their lifes to worship the gods.... And the gods ask them to make sacrifices of young people ...a male or female family member.... Who are this gods ??? Only demons ask humans to make those sacrifices..... The creator of mankind forbidden those sacrifices.... This is probably one of the reason Mach Pichu is so deep hiding in the mountains......

Can you take me next time? :'D

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you'd have to tho

And also very cute.

me too

U can its open to le public

Lagarda Lagarda yeah. I just live on the opposite side of the world lol.

The sacrifice will be worthy!.. And you'll live a breathtaking and inspiring experience!.. Come on

All Things Wildlife you can! 😊

HUGE JACKEDMAN I believe you.

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I'm from Peru, and in my city there is a museum with a Inca mummy, archeologists say she's a girl who was sacrificed, because there are hurts in her head. She was found on top of a mountain of 6000 masl. This is so weird in Inca society because they always made animal sacrifices.

@@gzre06 los Inca estaban locos a veces🤣🤣🤣

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Spaniards are good at burning history. they also did this to Philippines

@@randomly_random_0 Only Spaniards, what about all the others that also invaded other people????? The world is huge, not only Europe. So not only Europeans did bad things ;) Morever by that time we were NOT Spain. We were different kingdoms, and the kingdom of Castile was the one who conquered the Americas, the kingdom of Aragon had Southern Italy, and the kingdom of Navarre didn't conquer anything...

People in Peru still talk the native language. Especially in the mountains of Peru.

hey it's a temple the Incas prayed for god Sun and Moon. Moon represent mother (machu/matha )Sun represent father (Pichu/Pithruu).