Machu Picchu for Kids: How the Inca Built a Mountain City

The true story of Machu Picchu for kids: how the Inca built a stone city high in the Andes of Peru around 1450, why it was left empty, and how Hiram Bingham made it famous in 1911.

• How stones were cut to fit together with no mortar
• Why its walls could ride out earthquakes
• Why the Spanish never found it
• Quiz questions to answer along the way

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