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Machu Picchu
15th-century Inca citadel in the Peruvian Andes and UNESCO World Heritage Site
Venus of Laussel
sculpture
Cueva de La Pasiega
cultural property in Puente Viesgo, Spain

Vitcos
Vitcos was a residence of Inca nobles and a ceremonial center of the Neo-Inca State (1537–1572). The archaeological site of ancient Vitcos, called Rosaspata, is in the Vilcabamba District of La Convención Province, Cusco Region in Peru. The ruins are on a ridge overlooking the confluence of two small rivers and the village of Pucyura. The Incas had occupied Vilcabamba, the region in which Vitcos is located, about AD 1450, establishing major centers at Machu Picchu, Choquequirao, Vitcos, and Vilcabamba. Vitcos was often the residence of the rulers of the Neo-Inca state until the Spanish conques
Coptos Decrees
Group of ancient Egyptian royal decrees
Ñusta Hisp'ana
archaeological site in Peru