Stab: Death In Machu Picchu

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Stab stab stab death despair. I am referring to Machu Picchu and all of the death in Machu Picchu. Machu Picchu was a cool place and people still visit Machu Picchu today. What you are about to read is all about Machu Picchu.
Machu Picchu was built around 1450 and was abandoned about a century later and no one knows why the place was abandoned but some people speculate that it was smallpox. after further research, they figured out that most of the deaths at Machu Picchu were women. Machu Picchu is located 2430 meters above sea level or 7970 feet. .Also after further expeditions, they figured out that 60% of Machu Picchu is Underground. Most people would thanks that Machu Picchu would fall over because of the Steep Mountain that it is on

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