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The pyramids of the oldest city in the Americas, some 5,000 years old, on a long day trip north of Lima.

Photo: Jon Gudorf Photography · CC BY-SA 2.0
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The pyramids of the oldest city in the Americas, some 5,000 years old, on a long day trip north of Lima.

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