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Peru

ANDEAN SOCIETIES BEFORE THE CONQUEST

A Moche ceramic sculpture
Courtesy Embassy of Peru, Washington

Machupicchu -- Incas' "lost city" discovered by American historian Hiram Bingham, 1911
Courtesy Inter-American Development Bank

Indian boy at Incan wal Cusco
Courtesy Inter-American Development Bank

Data as of September 1992