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Verified, unexcavated places matching “Cusco”

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🇵🇪 Peru · Fortress

Apurlec — Chimu-Cusco Wall Border Fort Motupillo

Chimú to Inca border (1200–1470 Chimú; 1470 Inca modified La Frontera) · Chimú → Inca Chimu-Inca frontier wall Motupillo (Pativilca analog)

Apurlec surveyed by Kosok, 10 km walls.

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🇵🇪 Peru · Ancient city

Intipunku Sun Gate — North Approach (Machu Picchu)

Bronze Age to Classical (3000 BCE–500 CE) · Bronze Age urban; Inca

Intipunku Sun Gate — North Approach (Machu Picchu) in Cusco, Machu Picchu, Intipunku, Peru is a Bronze Age to Classical (3000 BCE–500 CE) ancient city attr…