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1	The Machu Picchu Guidebook: A Self-Guided Tour more books like this by Ruth M Wright, Alfredo Valencia Zegarra add to wishlist Machu Picchu is one of the world's great travel destinations. Built in the mid-15th century and "rediscovered" in 1911, it is the stuff of legends. For a three hour or three day visit, this guide will help visitors see the best of this Lost City of the Incas. Includes a full-color fold-out map, 150 illustrations and a detailed tour. see all copies from $3.79! new only from $15.01! \| first editions \| SVS
2	Incas and Their Ancestors: The Archaeology of Peru more books like this by Michael E Moseley add to wishlist In 1532, when Pizarro conquered Peru, the Inca realm was one of the largest empires on earth, rivalling that of Ming China or the Ottoman Turks. This glittering culture however only obscured the rich and diverse civilizations that had preceded it: Chavin, Moche, Nazca, Tiwanaku, Huari and Chimu. Intense research into this heritage has been carried ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $16.90! \| first editions \| SVS
3	The Lost Tomb of Viracocha: Unlocking the Secrets of the Peruvian Pyramids more books like this by Maurice Cotterell add to wishlist For centuries scholars have been baffled by Inca accounts that spoke of legendary white gods that walked the lands of South America performing miracles. Stranger still were the carvings left by the mysterious civilisations of Tiahuanaco, thought to be the most ancient site on earth. It was believed the codes could never be broken. But now, for ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.90! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
4	The Eye of the Forest more books like this by P B Kerr add to wishlist In their latest adventure, John and Philippa Gaunt find themselves tangled up in a spellbinding mystery that takes them deep into the heart of the Amazon jungle in book five of the NY TIMES bestselling Children of the Lamp series. When a collection of Incan artifacts goes missing, the Blue Djinn of Babylon dispatches the twins and Uncle Nimrod to ... see all copies from $12.92! new only from $12.92! \| SVS
5	A Sacred Landscape: The Search for Ancient Peru more books like this by Hugh Thompson add to wishlist The follow-up to "The White Rock," this book provides unforgettable accounts of South Americas most strange--but enduring--Incan culture. Thomson takes readers from the great Moche pyramids to ancient Incan sites of the Andes that remain cloaked in mystery. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.06! \| first editions \| SVS
6	Valverde's Gold: In Search of the Last Great Inca Treasure more books like this by Mark Honigsbaum add to wishlist Honigsbaum attempts to unravel a riddle that has inspired treasure hunts for lost Inca gold for centuries. Undeterred by the cursed history of the gold, Honigsbaum embarks on an epic journey into the last uncharted range in the Andes. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.79! \| first editions \| SVS
7	Inca World: The Development of Pre-Columbian Peru, A.D. 1000-1534 more books like this by Laura Laurencich Minelli (Editor), Mireille Vautier (Photographer) add to wishlist This lavishly illustrated volume, based on extensive archeological research and Spanish colonial documentation, provides important insights into many questions and contradictions regarding the Inca Empire. 337 illustrations, 106 in color. 12 maps. see all copies from $24.90! new only from $24.90!
8	The Incas more books like this by Nigel Davies add to wishlist The Inca Empire's immense territory spanned more than 2,000 miles - from Ecuador to Chile - at the time of the Spanish invasion, yet Inca culture remains largely a mystery. The Incas did not leave pictorial codices and documents in their native language as the Maya and Aztec did and they narrated to Spanish chroniclers just a few of the multiple ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.09! \| first editions \| SVS
9	Incas of Peru more books like this by Sir Clements R Markham add to wishlist An important contribution by an expert and scholar on the Incas, the author was influenced by Prescott's Conquest of Peru, published in 1843. Sir Clements Markham describes his visit to Prescott in the preface, some 60 years later, providing interesting insights. see all copies from $5.90! new only from $20.99! \| first editions \| SVS
10	Machu Picchu: City in the Clouds more books like this by Barbara A Somervill add to wishlist see all copies from $3.07! new only from $5.95! \| SVS
11 view cover	Variations in the Expressions of Inka Power: A Symposium at Dumbarton Oaks 18 and 19 October 1997 more books like this by Richard L Burger (Editor), Craig Morris (Editor), Ramiro Matos Mendieta (Editor) add to wishlist Download a corrected version of the map of the Lake Titicaca region. Until recently, little archaeological investigation has been dedicated to the Inka, the last great culture to flourish in Andean South America before the sixteenth-century arrival of the Spaniards. While the Inka have been traditionally viewed through the textual sources of ... see all copies from $56.00! new only from $56.00! \| SVS
12	The Inka Empire and Its Andean Origins more books like this by Craig Morris, Adriana Von Hagen, John Bigelow Taylor (Photographer) add to wishlist Sponsored by the American Museum of Natural History, this illustrated history of the Inkas and their predecessors offers a fresh appraisal of a remarkable civilization. Based on recent archaeological studies, this story of the Andean people traces the development of their complex civilization from its beginnings 11,000 years ago to its culmination ... see all copies from $21.75! new only from $190.64! \| first editions
13 view cover	Temple of the Sun more books like this by Emma Thomas add to wishlist Join the worldwide searches as young explorers discover artifacts and investigate clues that lead them on one adventure after another. Travel across the hot stands of Egypt to discover a crime against a mummy, and then brave the icy tundra to unearth one the Arctic's frozen secrets. Investigate the life experiences of an ancient Roman gladiator, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.50!
14 view cover	The Inca Ruins of Machu Picchu more books like this by Jennifer Silate add to wishlist This book takes readers on an expedition high into the Andes Mountains to discover the amazing ruins of Machu Picchu, built by the Incas more than 500 years ago. Readers will learn about the advanced skills and technologies the Incas used to build Machu Picchu, what Machu Picchu was once used for, and how people today use the ruins to learn about ... see all copies from $19.79! new only from $26.25! \| SVS
15 view cover	Guide to Andean Documentary Sources, 1530-1900 Set more books like this by Prof. Joanne Pillsbury (Editor) add to wishlist A definitive resource for early works on indigenous Andean cultures see all copies from $104.85! new only from $104.85!
16 view cover	Agriculture and the Onset of Political Inequality Before the Inka more books like this by Christine Ann Hastorf, Colin Renfrew (Editor), Clive Gamble (Editor) add to wishlist Archaeologists have long been interested in the onset of political differentiation, and how this can be inferred from the archaeological record. Here Christine Hastorf looks at the nature of power and political diversity in the Andean region of central Peru over a thousand-year period, from AD 200 until the fifteenth-century Inka conquest. She ... see all copies from $40.50! first editions
17 view cover	Guide to Documentary Sources for Andean Studies, 1530-1900: Volume 1 more books like this by Prof. Joanne Pillsbury (Editor) add to wishlist A definitive resource for early works on indigenous Andean cultures see all copies from $103.46! new only from $103.46!
18	Time and Calendars in the Inca Empire more books like this by R M Sadowski, M M Ziolkowski add to wishlist A collection of eight papers, five on time, its measurement and perception in the Andes, three on the Andean Calendar systems. see all copies from $107.82!
19	Andean culture history more books like this by Wendell Clark Bennett, Junius Bouton Bird add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! first editions
20	Peru under the Incas more books like this by C. A. Burland add to wishlist A cultural history of the 600 year Inca civilization, examining social structure, transportation and communication, agriculture, government, and crafts and design. see all copies from $2.75! first editions
21 view cover	The Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Incas: The History, Legends, Myths and Culture of the Ancient Native Peoples of the Andes, with Over 500 Photographs, Maps, Artworks and Fine Art Images more books like this by David M Jones add to wishlist The awe-inspiring history, legends, myths, and culture of the Inca empire and the Inca empire and the peoples of the sun. see all copies from $10.74! new only from $20.05! \| SVS
22	Jungle paths and Inca ruins; the record of an expedition. more books like this by William Montgomery McGovern add to wishlist see all copies from $4.45! first editions
23 view cover	Of Summits and Sacrifice: An Ethnohistoric Study of Inka Religious Practices more books like this by Thomas Besom add to wishlist In perhaps as few as one hundred years, the Inka Empire became the largest state ever formed by a native people anywhere in the Americas, dominating the western coast of South America by the early sixteenth century. Because the Inkas had no system of writing, it was left to Spanish and semi-indigenous authors to record the details of the religious ... see all copies from $72.00! new only from $72.00! \| SVS

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