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Top 10 Machu Picchu Books and Souvenirs

By Bonnie Hamre, About.com

Machu Picchu, the Lost City! Books about explorations, discoveries, treks, photographs, tours, the Inca Trail, ruins and Hiram Bingham, plus videos, tapestries and music.

1. The Machu Picchu Guidebook

by Alfredo Valencia Zegarra, Ruth M. Wright, Alfredo Valencia Zegarra - A bound-in, fold-out color archaeological map of Machu Picchu keyed to the book's chapters and an array of black-and-white as well as color photographs will help users find and navigate the site easily and not depend on fractured live tour guide information.
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2. Lost City of the Incas (English):

by Hiram Bingham , Hugh Thomson - A special illustrated edition of Hiram Bingham's classic work captures all the magnificence and mystery of the amazing sites he uncovered. In the earliest days of the 20th century, Bingham ventured into the wild and then unknown country of the Eastern Peruvian Andes. In 1911, he came upon the fabulous Inca city that ultimately made him famous: Machu Picchu.
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3. Machu Picchu: A Wonders of the World Book

Author: Mann, Elizabeth, Illustrator: Crehore, Amy - Machu Picchu tells the story about the rise of the Inkas and the building of this great city. Amy Crehore's paintings convey a fabulous world that seems at once intensely real and dream-like. Her luminous pallette is an Inka tapestry unfaded by time
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4. The Inca Trail (English):

by Richard Danbury - In this valuable guide to South America's greatest hike is complete planning information including how to buy tickets and city guides of Lima and Cuzco. Seven different hikes are covered in the book, ranging from two day treks to two week treks and 25 trail-tested maps. There are also sections on Spanish and Quechua language and information to environmentally sensitive trekking in the Andes.
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5. El Camino Inca a Machu Picchu (Spanish):

by Rafael Leon, Mylene D'Auriol - La Aventura De La Historia
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6. Wool tapestry, 'Great Machu Picchu'

A splendid grid of stone masonry imposes itself on the verdant sierra high in the Andes. Wilfredo Paucar Velarde portrays Peru's best known archeological zone. A symbol of the power organization and architecture of the Inca Empire the abandoned city takes shape on a hand-loomed tapestry. 90% wool 10% cotton. Dry clean only. Keep out of sun.
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7. Machu Picchu En La Poesia (Spanish)

Compiled by Hugo Montes
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8. Machu Picchu, Los Andes, Peru Poster

Find your favorite Machu Picchu, Los Andes, Peru Poster at AllPosters.com
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9. Native Music From Machu Picchu (2003)

Various artists. Tracks include El Condor Pasa, El Poncho Rojo, A Gerardito, La Muerte Del Inca, Canto del Viento and others
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10. Searching For Lost Worlds: Machu Picchu - Secrets of the Incan Empire (VHS) (199

Explore the astonishing remains of an vanished culture, hidden beyond the encroaching jungle and the mists of time.
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