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SNAKE rock: MACHU PICCHU 



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On top of one of the boulders near the Sacred Plaza there are several snakes carved 

 into the surface of the rock. The carving of snakes on rocks seems to have been common 

 among prehistoric peoples all over the world (see page 472). 



Photo by Iliram Bingham 



SUN rock: MACllU PlCCilU 



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another curiously broken stone is carved a sun, several small snakes, and a few 

 undecipherable figures 



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