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Peru - Lost Inca City 248 images Created 15 Jun 2021

Discovery of first unlooted pre-Inca tomb on the side of a cliff in the Amazon cloud forests. Horse trekking and archaeology to the Chachapoyas region, Peru for Nat Geo Adventure and two followup assignments for NGM.
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  • Farms outside of Cuzco huddle below foothills of the Andes. Cordillera Vilcabamba.
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  • Deep canyons of the eastern Andes drain towards the Amazon Basin.
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  • Cordillera Vilcabamba, Andes Mountains, Peru. Cordillera Vilcabamba, Andes Mountains, Peru. Ben Wiltsie examines ancient doorway at Vitcos, last stronghold of Manco Inca, who held out two decades after Spanish conquest of Cuszco.
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  • Cordillera Vilcabamba, Andes Mountains, Peru. Travelers examine sacred rock at Vitcos, last stronghold of Manco Inca.
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  • A pack train for a National Geographic archaeology expedition crosses Choquetecarpo Pass (5100+ meters) in Peru's Cordillera Vilcabamba mountains, en route to Cerro Victoria at the end of the canyon (Quebrada Moyoc).
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  • PERU, Cordillera Vilcabamba. Pack train for a National Geographic archaeology expedition crosses Choquetecarpo Pass (5100+ meters) en route to Cerro Victoria, at end of canyon below (Quebrada Moyoc).  NGM #MM7047_0001
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  • Members of a National Geographic archaeology expedition cross Choquetecarpo Pass (5100+ meters) in Peru's Cordillera Vilcabamba mountains, en route to a site on Cerro Victoria at the end of the canyon below them.
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  • Members of a National Geographic archaeology expedition cross Choquetecarpo Pass (5100+ meters) in Peru's Cordillera Vilcabamba mountains, en route to Cerro Victoria at the end of the canyon (Quebrada Moyoc).
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  • Members of a National Geographic archaeology expedition cross Choquetecarpo Pass (5100+ meters) in Peru's Cordillera Vilcabamba mountains, en route to Cerro Victoria at the end of the canyon (Quebrada Moyoc).
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  • A pack train for a National Geographic archaeology expedition rests atop Choquetecarpo Pass (5100+ meters) in Peru's Cordillera Vilcabamba mountains..
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  • A pack train for a National Geographic archaeology expedition rests atop Choquetecarpo Pass (5100+ meters) in Peru's Cordillera Vilcabamba mountains..
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  • A pack train for a National Geographic archaeology expedition descends from Choquetecarpo Pass (5100+ meters) in Peru's Cordillera Vilcabamba mountains, en route to Cerro Victoria at the end of the canyon (Quebrada Moyoc).
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  • A pack train for a National Geographic archaeology expedition descends from Choquetecarpo Pass (5100+ meters) in Peru's Cordillera Vilcabamba mountains, en route to Cerro Victoria at the end of the canyon (Quebrada Moyoc).
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  • PERU, Cordillera Vilcabamba.
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  • A member of a  National Geographic archaeology expedition rides his horse below the Pumasilla (Puma's Claws) peaks above Quebrada Moyoc, a deep valley in  Peru's Cordillera Vilcabamba mountains.
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  • Cordillera Vilcabamba, Andes Mountains, Peru. National Geographic archaeology expedition rests under crags called "Claws of the Puma."
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  • A pack train for a National Geographic archaeology expedition crosses a bridge over a rushing stream in Quebrada Moyoc, a deep valley in  Peru's Cordillera Vilcabamba mountains.
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  • While his guide walks, a member of a National Geographic archaeology expedition rides up a steep trail in the rugged foothills of the Cordillera Vilcabamba in Peru's Andes Mountains.
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  • A villager surveys the deep canyons and steep ridges of the Cordillera Vilcabamba in the Cusco District of the Peruvian Andes.
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  • Cordillera Vilcabamba, Andes Mountains, Peru. National Geographic archaeology expedition en route to site at Cerro Victoria, the high point in background.
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  • Braying pack mule in Yanama village, Cordillera Vilcabamba.
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  • Cordillera Vilcabamba, Andes Mountains, Peru. Ben Wiltsie rides up Cerro Victoria Pass above Yanama River, with Nevado Sacsarayoc in background.
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  • Cordillera Vilcabamba, Andes Mountains, Peru. Ben Wiltsie rides up Cerro Victoria Pass above Yanama River, with Nevado Sacsarayoc in background.
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  • Members of a National Geographic archaeology expedition ride up a steep trail towards Victoria Pass in the Cordillera Vilcabamba, Cuzco District, Andes Mountains.  Behind them is Peru Nevado Sacsarayoc.
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  • Cordillera Vilcabamba, Andes Mountains, Peru. Ben Wiltsie on ancient Inca trail leading to silver mines and former city of Corihuayrachina on Cerro Victoria.
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  • Cordillera Vilcabamba, Andes Mountains, Peru. National Geographic archaeology expedition on cliffside trail hewn by Inca laborers, en route to site on Cerro Victoria. Nevado Sacsayrayoc background.
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  • A trekker on an Inca trail views Nevado Sacsayrayoc in the Cordillera Vilcabamba
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  • Cordillera Vilcabamba, Cuzco District, Andes Mountains, Peru. A trekker overlooks Nevado Sacsarayoc from Victoria Pass.
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  • Cordillera Vilcabamba, Cuzco District, Andes Mountains, Peru. A trekker overlooks Nevado Sacsarayoc from Victoria Pass.
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  • Cordillera Vilcabamba, Andes Mountains, Peru. Ben Wiltsie on outcrop near Cerro Victoria Pass, overlooking Nevado Sacsarayoc.
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  • A Peruvian villager treks a rugged trail towards Victoria Pass in the rugged Cordillera Vilcabamba of Peru's Andes mountains.  Behind him are the crags and glaciers of Nevado Sacsarayoc.
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  • A horse treads cautiously up ancient, hand carved steps made by the Inca on a trail in Peru's Cordillera Vilcabamba, part of the Andes Mountins near Macchu Picchu.
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  • Members of a National Geographic archaeology expedition overlook Cerro Victoris (in shadow), an obscure promontory deep in Peru's rugged Cordillera Vilcabamba, where soon they would find evidence of a long-past Inca commercial center and ceremonial site.
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  • Cordillera Vilcabamba, Andes Mountains, Peru. Ben Wiltsie investigates mouth of an old silver mine on Cerro Victoria, probably first worked by the Inca.
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  • Cordillera Vilcabamba, Andes Mountains, Peru. Ben Wiltsie hacks route through cloud forest on Cerro Victoria, in search of archaeological sites near Corihuayrachina, an ancient Incan commercial center.
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  • Cordillera Vilcabamba, Andes Mountains, Peru. Ben Wiltsie carves a walking stick during National Geographic archaeology expedition to Cerro Victoria.
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  • Hidden deep in Peru's rugged Cordillera Vilcabamba mountains, Cerro Victoria (right) was once an Incan ceremonial site of unknown purpose.
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  • While packing up in the rain, A Peruvian arriero blindfolds a half-wild horse to keep it from bucking while he loads it for a hard day on the trail  Cordillera Vilcabamba,Peru.
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  • Cordillera Vilcabamba, Andes Mountains, Peru.  An arriero drives his horses and mules through dense, upper Amazonian cloud forests near Cerro Corihuayrachina.
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  • Cordillera Vilcabamba, Andes Mountains, Peru. Peter Frost and Scott Gorsuch raise National Geographic flag at base camp for archaeological expedition to Cerro Victoria.
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  • Cordillera Vilcabamba, Andes Mountains, Peru. A local laborer clears brush to expose archaeological sites on Cerro Victoria for a National Geographic expedition.
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  • Cordillera Vilcabamba, Andes Mountains, Peru. A laborer adjusts his brush-cutting tool while clearing an excavation site on Cerro Victoria for a National Geographic archaeology expedition.
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  • Cordillera Vilcabamba, Andes Mountains, Peru.  A skull, probably Incan, tossed aside by grave robbers on Cerro Victoria.
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  • Cordillera Vilcabamba, Andes Mountains, Peru. Archaeology expedition laborers excavate Inca burial sites on Cerro Victoria, a once-thriving commercial hub.
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  • Cordillera Vilcabamba, Andes Mountains, Peru. Tarantula spider.
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  • Cordillera Vilcabamba, Andes Mountains, Peru. Ben Wiltsie reads a book to pass time during slow periods of a National Geographic archaeological expedition.
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  • Cordillera Vilcabamba, Andes Mountains, Peru. Mother and barely-visible child who are homesteaders on Cerro Victoria.
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  • Cordillera Vilcabamba, Andes Mountains, Peru. Peruvian archaeologist Ives Bejar examines a pre-Columbian miniature sculpture from site at Corihuayrachina on Cerro Victoria that might be Incan or even earlier in origin.
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  • Cordillera Vilcabamba, Andes Mountains, Peru. Lupines grow in front of Inca ruins in long-vanished city of Corihuayrachina on Cerro Victoria. Nevada Corihuayrachina background.
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  • Cordillera Vilcabamba, Andes Mountains, Peru. Ben Wiltsie poses while helping to clear an archaeological site on Cerro Victoria.
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  • Cordillera Vilcabamba, Andes Mountains, Peru. Ben Wiltsie investigates upper Amazonian cloud forests on slopes of Cerro Victoria, above Rio Apurimac.
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