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This magnificent Inca fortress outside Cuzco is one of the world's great engineering feats and one of the major tourist attractions of Peru. It was bu(...)
This magnificent Inca fortress outside Cuzco is one of the world's great engineering feats and one of the major tourist attractions of Peru. It was bu(...)

This magnificent Inca fortress outside Cuzco is one of the world's great engineering feats and one of the major tourist attractions of Peru. It was bu(...)

Date11/17/1969
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Original Toronto Star caption: This magnificent Inca fortress outside Cuzco is one of the world's great engineering feats and one of the major tourist attractions of Peru. It was built by a people who had neither the wheel or pack animals yet it's more than 18;000 feet in lenth. It was put together without the use of ceme it turned out to be in Maginot Line of its time. It was captured by handful of Spanish invaders after they killed the Indian leader; or Inca; and took the fighting spirit out of his followers. [Incomplete]
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0117961F
The massive stones in the pre-Inca fortress of Sacsahuaman near Cuzco, capital of ancient Peru, vie in size with the monoliths of Egypt and huge Cyclo(...)
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Narrow Inca streets still survive in Cuzco, Peru, old capital of the Indian empire
Narrow Inca streets still survive in Cuzco, Peru, old capital of the Indian empire
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1/22/1972
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3/14/1975
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Fishermen and their craft are a fascinating part of the Maritime scene and one of the major attractions, with rocky coastal scenery, of the Lighthouse(...)
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12/11/1970
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Ray Munro: Most of chestful of medals was collected for feats all over the world.
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