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What Was Machu Picchu For? Top Five Theories Explained
National Geographic News ^ | July 21, 2011 | Ker Than

Posted on 07/22/2011 4:02:11 PM PDT by SunkenCiv

  1. Machu Picchu Was the Last Inca City
  2. Machu Picchu Was a Holy Nunnery
  3. Machu Picchu Was a Royal Retreat
  4. Machu Picchu Was a Re-creation of the Inca Creation Myth
  5. Machu Picchu Was Built to Honor a Sacred Landscape
  6. All of the Above?

(Excerpt) Read more at news.nationalgeographic.com ...


TOPICS: History; Science; Travel
KEYWORDS: godsgravesglyphs; machupicchu
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To: bigheadfred; TheOldLady; JoeProBono

Y’know, I’ve begun to think that you’ve been hanging out with TheOldLady and JoeProBono more than I realized.


21 posted on 07/25/2011 5:38:56 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Yes, as a matter of fact, it is that time again -- https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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Y’know, I’ve begun to think that you’ve been hanging out with TheOldLady and JoeProBono more than I realized.

Oh yeah? WHO was it got invited over to help me put in that water heater Mr. Slacker No Show?

22 posted on 07/25/2011 5:53:12 PM PDT by bigheadfred (Beat me, Bite me, Make Me write Bad Checks)
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To: bigheadfred; SunkenCiv; JoeProBono

Mr. Slacker No Show? Civilizations! I’m shocked. SHOCKED!

Hanging out with me and Joe isn’t so bad, huh Fred? We should start doing it soon. ;-p


23 posted on 07/25/2011 6:22:16 PM PDT by TheOldLady (FReepmail me to get ON or OFF the ZOT LIGHTNING ping list.)
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To: SunkenCiv

Machu Picchu is the most amazing place I have visited.


24 posted on 07/25/2011 6:25:59 PM PDT by Lando Lincoln (But that's just me.)
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Hanging out with me and Joe isn’t so bad, huh Fred? We should start doing it soon. ;-p

Don't give it away!

You're supposed to say how much fun it was sitting in the shade sipping Mike's Hard Lemonade watching me STRUGGLE to install that water heater and all the while cursing, under my breath, a certain NO SHOW...

25 posted on 07/25/2011 6:29:58 PM PDT by bigheadfred (Beat me, Bite me, Make Me write Bad Checks)
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To: bigheadfred

26 posted on 07/25/2011 6:49:41 PM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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To: Lando Lincoln; SunkenCiv
Peru - Machu Picchu - 222 Megapixel

Use controls to explore.

27 posted on 07/25/2011 6:51:58 PM PDT by PhilDragoo (Hussein: Islamo-Commie from Kenya)
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Hah! That’s the biggest Motel 6 I’ve ever seen, Joe.


28 posted on 07/25/2011 7:06:51 PM PDT by TheOldLady (FReepmail me to get ON or OFF the ZOT LIGHTNING ping list.)
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To: Lando Lincoln; SunkenCiv; TheOldLady; JoeProBono
Machu Picchu is the most amazing place I have visited.

Ya wanna shoulda seen something amazing ya shoulda seen me putting in that water heater WITHOUT ANY HELP!

Hey Joe! You nailed it! The original Motel 6. They modeled all the rest of them after it.

29 posted on 07/25/2011 7:31:21 PM PDT by bigheadfred (Beat me, Bite me, Make Me write Bad Checks)
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To: PhilDragoo

Thanks for that Phil.


30 posted on 07/25/2011 7:33:57 PM PDT by Lando Lincoln (But that's just me.)
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To: bigheadfred

So I have this water heater ...


31 posted on 07/25/2011 7:38:05 PM PDT by knews_hound (Credo Quia Absurdium--take nothing seriously unless it is absurd. E. Clampus Vitus)
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So I have this water heater ...

That's great! Civ! CIV!!! REDEMPTIONNNN!!!!

32 posted on 07/25/2011 7:42:52 PM PDT by bigheadfred (Beat me, Bite me, Make Me write Bad Checks)
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To: PhilDragoo; TheOldLady; bigheadfred; JoeProBono

Thanks PhilDragoo. The rest of ya, I just dunno... ;’)


33 posted on 07/25/2011 8:46:08 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Yes, as a matter of fact, it is that time again -- https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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Three on a Machu Picchu was my favorite game show, does that count? ;’)


34 posted on 07/25/2011 8:50:06 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Yes, as a matter of fact, it is that time again -- https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: bigheadfred

Speaking of that, while deftly changing the subject, why are they called ‘hernias’ when it’s men that get ‘em? Shouldn’t they be hisnias? And why aren’t hysterectomies called hersterectomies? I’m tellin’ ya, something just doesn’t quite make sense.


35 posted on 07/25/2011 8:52:54 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Yes, as a matter of fact, it is that time again -- https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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36 posted on 07/25/2011 9:33:58 PM PDT by Daffynition ("Don't just live your life, but witness it also.")
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To: Daffynition

I’m pretty sure that belongs on many a profile page around here. :’)


37 posted on 07/26/2011 3:42:43 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Yes, as a matter of fact, it is that time again -- https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: SunkenCiv

That’s the $64,000 Quetzal.


38 posted on 07/26/2011 9:16:11 AM PDT by TheOldLady (FReepmail me to get ON or OFF the ZOT LIGHTNING ping list.)
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39 posted on 07/26/2011 9:17:37 AM PDT by TheOldLady (FReepmail me to get ON or OFF the ZOT LIGHTNING ping list.)
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To: PhilDragoo

Incredible! Thanks so much.


40 posted on 07/26/2011 9:22:35 AM PDT by TheOldLady (FReepmail me to get ON or OFF the ZOT LIGHTNING ping list.)
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