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Hiram Bingham's 1912 photo of Machu Picchu agricultural terraces showing hundreds of undamaged stone walls that resisted landslides and earthquakes. Surface and subsurface drainage works were built to handle 1,940 mm of average annual rainfall. Temple of the Sun is shown in foreground with its "Most Beautiful Wall" intact on right.
Photographed by: Hiram Bingham |
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