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  • A larger thatch roof stone structure in the traditional village of the Q'eros, high in the Cordillera de Paucartambo, Andes Mountains, Peru. The Q'eros, a Quecha people living in the Peruvian Andes, are considered the last direct descendants of the Incas and proudly maintain many of their ancient traditions.
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  • A small wooden door is the entrance to a thatch roof stone hut in the alpaca herding village of the Q'eros people, under snow, in the Cordillera de Paucartambo, Andes Mountains, Peru. The Q'eros, a Quecha people living in the Peruvian Andes, are considered the last direct descendants of the Incas and proudly maintain many of their ancient traditions.
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  • Two alpaca, herded by the Q'eros, stand on a steep slope high in the Cordillera de Paucartambo, Andes Mountains, Peru. The Q'eros, a Quecha people living in the Peruvian Andes, are considered the last direct descendants of the Incas and proudly maintain many of the ancient traditions.
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  • A man huddles around a piece of stewed alpaca meat inside a home in the herding village of the Q'eros, Cordillera de Paucartambo, Andes Mountains, Peru on September 14, 2005. The Q'eros, a Quecha people living in the Peruvian Andes, are considered the last direct descendants of the Incas and proudly maintain many of the ancient traditions.
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  • A canvas sac overflows with piles of small potatoes stored in a small, dark hut in the alpaca herding village of the Q'eros people in the Cordillera de Paucartambo, Andes Mountains, Peru. The Q'eros, a Quecha people living in the Peruvian Andes, are considered the last direct descendants of the Incas and proudly maintain many of their ancient traditions.
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  • Snow-capped peaks rise above an ancient footpath and a lone shepherd's hut in the community of Q'eros, high in the Cordillera de Paucartambo, Andes Mountains, Peru. The Q'eros, a Quecha people, are considered the last direct descendants of the Incas and proudly maintain many of their ancient traditions.
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  • Clouds roll over the historical  town of the Q'eros people, high in the Cordillera de Paucartambo, Andes Mountains, Peru on September 15, 2005. Most Q'eros live at higher elevations during the dry season to herd alpaca, but potatoes and other staples are grown in this village, at a lower altitude of 11,000 feet. The Q'eros, a Quecha people living in the Peruvian Andes, are considered the last direct descendants of the Incas and proudly maintain many of the ancient traditions.
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  • A woman, spinning alpaca wool, poses with her daughter  on the trail to Q'eros in the Cordillera de Paucartambo, Andes Mountains, Peru on September 15, 2005. The Q'eros, a Quecha people living in the Peruvian Andes, are considered the last direct descendants of the Incas and proudly maintain many of the ancient traditions.
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  • Alpaca and sheep herds graze on a bare hillside in the Q'eros region of the Cordillera de Paucartambo, Andes Mountains, Peru on September 16, 2005. The Q'eros, a Quecha people living in the Peruvian Andes, are considered the last direct descendants of the Incas and proudly maintain many of the ancient traditions.
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  • A Q'eros elder stands in the mist wearing traditional alpaca wool clothing and embroidery outside Q'eros in the Cordillera de Paucartambo, Andes Mountains, Peru on September 15, 2005. The Q'eros, a traditional Quecha people living in the Peruvian Andes, are considered the last direct descendants of the Incas.
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  • The teacher writes out a Spanish lesson on the blackboard in the small elementary school in Q'eros, Cordillera de Paucartambo, Andes Mountains, Peru on September 15, 2005. The students are taught in both their native Quechua and Spanish, the official language of Peru. The Q'eros, a Quecha people living in the Peruvian Andes, are considered the last direct descendants of the Incas and proudly maintain many of the ancient traditions.
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  • Alpaca meat hangs to dry inside a thatch hut in the herding village of Q'eros, Cordillera de Paucartambo, Andes Mountains, Peru on September 14, 2005. The Q'eros, a Quecha people living in the Peruvian Andes, are considered the last direct descendants of the Incas and proudly maintain many of the ancient traditions.
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  • The alpaca herding village of the Q'eros people lies under freshly fallen snow high in the Cordillera de Paucartambo, Andes Mountains, Peru on September 14, 2005. The Q'eros, a Quecha people living in the Peruvian Andes, are considered the last direct descendants of the Incas and proudly maintain many of the ancient traditions.
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  • Students wait around while the teacher attends to younger children in the small elementary school in Q'eros, Cordillera de Paucartambo, Andes Mountains, Peru on September 15, 2005. The students are taught in both their native Quechua and Spanish, the official language of Peru. The Q'eros, a Quecha people living in the Peruvian Andes, are considered the last direct descendants of the Incas and proudly maintain many of the ancient traditions.
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  • Alpaca, herded by the Q'eros, search for food below melting snow high in the Cordillera de Paucartambo, Andes Mountains, Peru on September 15, 2005. The Q'eros, a Quecha people living in the Peruvian Andes, are considered the last direct descendants of the Incas and proudly maintain many of the ancient traditions.
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  • The historical  town of the Q'eros people, high in the Cordillera de Paucartambo, Andes Mountains, Peru. Most Q'eros live at higher elevations during the dry season to herd alpaca, but potatoes and other staples are grown in this village, at a lower altitude of 11,000 feet.
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  • Alpaca, herded by the traditional Q'eros people, in the Cordillera de Paucartambo, Andes Mountains, Peru.
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  • A rainbow appears over thatch roof stone huts and gardens in the traditional village of the Q'eros, high in the Cordillera de Paucartambo, Andes Mountains, Peru. The Q'eros, a Quecha people, are considered the last direct descendants of the Incas and proudly maintain many of their ancient traditions. Most Q'eros live at higher elevations during the dry season to herd alpaca, but potatoes (shown) and other staples are grown in this village, at a lower altitude of 11,000 feet...
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  • Yuri, a young Peruvian guide from Cuzco, hikes on an ancient footpath, past large agave plants, enroute to the village of Q'eros in the Cordillera de Paucartambo, Andes Mountains, Peru.
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  • A man leads his mule, loaded with supplies purchased in Cuzco, through a blizzard and over a high pass enroute to the extant Quechua-speaking Incan village of Q'eros in the Peruvian Andes on September 14, 2005.
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  • A 5th grade student waits while the teacher attends to the younger students inside the small elementary school in Q'eros, Cordillera de Paucartambo, Andes Mountains, Peru. Spanish sentences are visible on the blackboard behind him. Lessons are taught in both native Quechua and Spanish, the official language of Peru.
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  • Alpaca, herded by the traditional Q'eros people, search for food below melting snow high in the Cordillera de Paucartambo, Andes Mountains, Peru.
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  • A young girl prepares potatoes for her school teacher and herself after class in Q'eros, high in the Cordillera de Paucartambo, Andes Mountains, Peru before walking to her home in a neighboring village.
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  • A patchwork of small cultivated fields and shepherd's huts and stone corrals in a valley along the trail to the community of the Q'eros, high in the Cordillera de Paucartambo, Andes Mountains, Peru. The Q'eros, a Quecha people, are considered the last direct descendants of the Incas and proudly maintain many of their ancient traditions. Most Q'eros live at higher elevations during the dry season to herd alpaca, but potatoes and other staples are grown at these lower elevations (~ 11,000 feet).
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  • Yuri, a young Peruvian guide from Cuzco, struggles through a blizzard and over a high pass enroute to the village of Q'eros in the Cordillera de Paucartambo, Andes Mountains, Peru on September 14, 2005.
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  • A poster in Spanish describing the rights of the child hangs inside the small elementary school in Q'eros, Cordillera de Paucartambo, Andes Mountains, Peru. The students are taught in both their native Quechua and Spanish, the official language of Peru.
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  • The teacher writes out a Spanish lesson on the blackboard in the small elementary school in Q'eros, Cordillera de Paucartambo, Andes Mountains, Peru. The students are taught in both their native Quechua and Spanish, the official language of Peru.
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  • Small hut door in the alpaca herding village of the Q'eros people under snow, Cordillera de Paucartambo, Andes Mountains, Peru.
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  • Two men and a mule hike through a blizzard near a high pass in the , Andes Mountains, Peru, en route to the herding village of the Q'eros people.
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  • High peaks and ridges of the Peruvian Andes in mist, as viewed from an airplane on September 25, 2005.
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  • A man leads his mule, loaded with supplies purchased in Cuzco, through a blizzard and over a high pass enroute to the extant Quechua-speaking Incan village of Q'eros in the Peruvian Andes on September 14, 2005.
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  • A young alpaca, herded by the traditional Q'eros people, stands on a bare hillside high in the Cordillera de Paucartambo, Andes Mountains, Peru on September 13, 2005.
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  • The snow capped mountains of the Peruvian Andes as viewed from an airplane on September 25, 2005.
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  • Hikers and porters hiking the Inca Trail pass a small alpine lake on their journey to Machu Picchu, Peru on September 20, 2005.
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  • Groups of trekkers tour the Inca ruins of Phuyupatamarca along the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu, Peru.
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  • Local men play a casual game of soccer among the Inca ruins at Chinchero, Peru, following the weekly town meeting.
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  • Two shallow stone dishes, believed to be filled with water to serve as an astronomical observatory, at Machu Picchu archaeological site, Peru
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  • Two visitors are dwarfed by the ruins of Machu Picchu, an ancient Inca site perched above the Urubamba Valley in Peru, as morning light filters through the clouds on September 21, 2005.
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  • A small ruin in the jungle visible from the larger complex of Sayaqmarka along the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu, Peru on September 20, 2005.
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  • Three boys in red Catholic school uniforms sit together on stairs under a blue door in Paucartambo, Peru.
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  • A group of porters sit and rest together on a hillside along the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu, Peru.
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  • Local men play a casual game of soccer among the Inca ruins at Chinchero, Peru, following the weekly town meeting.
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  • Tourists, dwarfed by the ruins and Huayna Picchu mountain, walk into  Machu Picchu, Peru, on September 21, 2005.
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  • Brown Capuchin (Cebus apella) monkey among bamboo in the cloud forest on the eastern foothills of the Andes, between the Puna highlands and the lower Amazon Basin, Peru.
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  • A male Andean cock-of-the-rock (Rupicola peruvianus), Peru's national bird, in the cloud forest on the eastern foothills of the Andes, between the Puna highlands and the lower Amazon Basin, Peru.
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  • A car drives behind a herd of sheep and goats blocking on a dirt road in the Cordillera de Paucartambo, Andes Mountains, Peru.
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  • A car drives behind a shepherd woman and her herd of sheep and goats on a dirt road in the Cordillera de Paucartambo, Andes Mountains, Peru.
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  • A male Andean cock-of-the-rock (Rupicola peruvianus), Peru's national bird, in the cloud forest on the eastern foothills of the Andes, between the Puna highlands and the lower Amazon Basin, Peru.
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  • Clouds slowly rise as morning light strikes the hillsides of the cloud forest on the eastern foothills of the Andes, between the Puna highlands and the lower Amazon Basin, Peru on September 3, 2005.
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  • A red fern frond grows among green ferns in the cloud forest on the eastern foothills of the Andes, between the Puna highlands and the lower Amazon Basin, Peru.
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