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Laboratorio de Preguntas Frecuentes.
Laboratorio de Preguntas Frecuentes.
b. Access the virtual classroom and watch the video “Trip to Machu Picchu”. Then,
complete the paragraphs below. (1.0)
Rising early the next morning, Derek and I made our way back up ______________ to the ancient city. These
ruins __________________ by approximately _______________ people every day. We wanted to get there
early and see as much as we could before the hordes of visitors arrived.
There are basically ________________ to get to Machu Picchu from Aguas Calientes. You can take one of
the _________________ that leave from the center of town, or you can take a steep, winding trail ________
_________________________________________.
Machu Picchu, which means “Old Peak”, ___________________________ around 1450. However, as the
empire collapsed under the Spanish, it _________________________, roughly one hundred years later.
Machu Picchu _______________________________ the outside world.
In 1911, the site __________________________________ explorer and historian Hiram Bingham with the
help of some local residents. He started the huge job of clearing away hundreds of years of
_________________ _____________ from the city.
The blocks ___________________ with bronze and stone tools, and they ____________________________
sand. The blocks fit together perfectly without mortar. Even a knife blade _____________________________
between the stones.