Faces People, Places, and World Culture for Kids and Children

MACHU PICCHU

Machu Picchu is an ancient and isolated Incan village near Cusco, Peru. It took a lot of effort to build, and it seems to be in the middle of nowhere. All the buildings at Machu Picchu are made entirely of stone. When modern-day builders use stone to make buildings, they glue the stone pieces together with . But at Machu Picchu, Incas built all the structures in the village

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