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MACHU PICCHU
The Caribs

A manmade masterpiece blends into nature in the Andes
Machu Picchu, the "Lost City of the Incas", as it was dubbed by the man who
rediscovered it in the present century, is among the greatest tourist attractions in South
America today and ranks among the most outstanding symbols in the Andean cultures.
The beauty and exceptional quality of the pre-Hispanic buildings, the stunning
landscape in which they stand, and the way in which the ancient Peruvians planned and
harmonised their buildings with the surrounding site fully justified its inclusion on the
World Heritage List in 1983 as both a cultural and natural site.
The National Historic Sanctuary of Machu Picchu lies in the departamento or
administrative region of Cuzco in the southern mountains of Peru and on the eastern
slopes of the Andes facing the Amazon Basin. Its 32,592 hectares rise on either side of
the valley of the River Urubamba. The latter descends from the snowy peaks of the
Andes which culminate at altitudes of over 6,000 metres.

The Lesser Antilles were settled in 1,000 AD by the Caribs,
a far more warlike people than the Arawaks. During their
numerous battles against the dwindling Arawak population,
they massacred the men and kept as many of their women
as possible: which explains why the first Europeans to
settle in Martinique and Guadeloupe noticed that men and
women there did not always speak the same language. In
Columbus' time the Caribs had progressed to the Virgin
Islands and were raiding Puerto Rico's coast.
The Maya

Deep within the jungles of Mexico and Guatemala and
extending into the limestone shelf of the Yucatan peninsula
lie the mysterious temples and pyramids of the Maya. While
Europe was still in the midst of the Dark Ages, these
amazing people had mapped the heavens, evolved the only
true writing system native to the Americas and were
masters of mathematics. They invented the calendars we
use today. Without metal tools, beasts of burden or even the
wheel they were able to construct vast cities across a huge
jungle landscape with an amazing degree of architectural
perfection and variety. Their legacy in stone, which has
survived in a spectacular fashion at places such as
Palenque, Tikal, Tulum, Chichén Itzá, Copan and Uxmal,
lives on as do the seven million descendants of the classic
Maya civilization
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