It's been a long road to see Machu Picchu - visit this breathaking must see destination through this mini documentary.
This is how to travel to Peru's famous UNESCO world heritage site, on a guided tour through the historic ruins of Machu Picchu, Peru.
Walk into a live page of National Geographic, explore the history and secrets to a lost ancient civilization in this mini documentary.
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2:50 - Incan agriculture
4:18 - Some Machu Picchu history
5:01 - Learn about the sun stone, Intihuatana
Episode 41
This was the moment we had all been waiting for, the ancient ruins of Machu Picchu, Peru. Our adventure travel has us in on the of top spots in Peru. After an energetic 4am wake up we were on one of the first busses heading gates of this magical city.
Our amazing tour guide, Marco, takes us on a journey to discover secrets of the Incan culture and facts about this World Heritage Site. The history of Machu Picchu was astonishing to learn and sometimes it was almost unbelievable .
2:50 - Due to the location of Machu Picchu the Incan's were masters of agriculture and worshiped the sun for it's life-giving nourishment. The had very little space to grow plants so the designed terraces along the mountain side where different cops were grown on different levels because of temperature change from the bottom to the top.
4:18 - We learn about Hiram Bingham's discoveries and how he found a lot of llama bones and broken ceramics that were thought to be offerings to the sun. They believed the sun was going to leave them and that by making offerings it would return.
5:01 - The famous Machu Picchu sun stone or Intihuatana still has mystery surrounding it today as to it's main purpose. It was likely used as a way to measure the angle and position of the sun as this information would have been used to improve their agriculture abilities.
Seeing a ancient city in the clouds like this defines a breathtaking experience. This Wonder of the World is an engineering marvel that stands alone for building in an extremely elevated and remote location. What was once a small basecamp at a strategic crossing point in the middle of thousands of miles of Inca Trails through the Andes, grew into colony that was like no other before or after it's time.
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Composer: Brad Prevedoros, Neil Golden, Greg Joy
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Earth Unraveled is an adventure travel vlog that follows a group of lifelong friends as they poke fun at each other and joke their way around the world.
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