The Machu Picchu Guidebook: A Self-guided TourThis revised edition of the Machu Picchu Guidebook includes newly discovered sites. New photos and maps with full-color illustrations of real life scences from National Geographic Magazine. The best all-around guide for all who've been or are going to Machu Picchu. . . . Absolutely indispensible. - Don Montague |
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User Review - nonesuch42 - LibraryThingThis book was boring to read. It is basically a walk through Machu Picchu, telling you where to look and what you're seeing. It's supposed to be the best guidebook to take to Machu Picchu, but it was ... Read full review
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User Review - moekane - LibraryThingExcellent sector-by sector description with clear maps of the site and environs. Written for the unaccompanied explorer, but I found it a very helpful preview, even to a guided trip. Includes ... Read full review
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
The Guardhouse and the Terrace of the Ceremonial Rock | 6 |
The Western Urban Sector | 15 |
The Temple of the Sun the Royal Mausoleum and Conjunto 2 | 20 |
The Royal Residence Conjunto 3 | 35 |
The Rock Quarry | 40 |
The Sacred Plaza Conjunto 4 | 44 |
The Intiwatana Conjunto 5 | 51 |
The Mummies | 103 |
Inca Water Management | 106 |
Recently Discovered Inca Trail Down to the Urubamba River | 112 |
Side Trips | 117 |
Intipunku Gate of the Sun | 119 |
Huayna Picchu including Uña Picchu and Alternate Trail to the Temple of the Moon | 130 |
Temple of the Moon | 148 |
Machu Picchu Mountain | 152 |
The Eastern Urban Sector | 59 |
The Sacred Rock Conjunto 6 the Unfinished Temple and the Petroglyph Peripheral Area C | 60 |
Conjuntos 7 and 8 and the Unfinished Wall | 66 |
Conjunto 9 and the Artisans Wall | 68 |
Group of the Mortars Conjuntos 14 15 and 16 | 72 |
Conjuntos 10 and 11 | 80 |
Conjunto 12 | 82 |
Conjunto 13 and Intimachay | 84 |
The Temple of the Condor Conjunto 17 and Conjunto 18 | 87 |
Various Sights on the Way Out | 94 |
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