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The magic of sunrise at Machu Picchu

Writer Mark Adams reads an extract from his book Turn Right at Machu Picchu about witnessing a spectacular sunrise at the celebrated Inca ruins in the Peruvian mountains. Explorer Johan Reinhard tells Bridget Kendall how Inca builders used ‘horizon astronomy’ to position their most important buildings.

Photo: Sunrise at Machu Picchu (Johan Reinhard)

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2 minutes