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Lost city of the Inca, hidden in the clouds

Now we come to the royal sector where Pachacuteq may have stayed alongside other members of the nobility. The buildings in this district are particularly large with massive rock lintels weighing as mu
The royal sector, where the emperor Pachacuteq and members of the nobility may have stayed, features particularly large buildings with massive stone lintels. © Jorge Láscar from Australia, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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