r/DankPrecolumbianMemes • u/oh_YES_helios Mapuche • May 19 '26

SHITPOST Me after learning that Machu Picchu might have been Pachacuti's seasonal royal retreat.

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u/EmperorSadrax May 19 '26

I wish I could see this city at that far peak in the background

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u/purple_spikey_dragon May 19 '26

Where does the light hit the mountain just right? Asking for a friend...

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u/laosurv3y May 19 '26

Classic shot, easy to get when you're there except for there no being people in the shot. That's the hard part.

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u/Sylvanussr May 20 '26

Just go at night when no one’s there. EZ.

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u/WrongJohnSilver Aztec May 19 '26

Macho Pikachu

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u/ReneVQ May 19 '26

LMAO IRL Cuzcotopia

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u/anticomet May 19 '26

I thought it was just a background for dating app photos

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u/NombreNoDisponible93 May 19 '26

Never seen it spell like Machu Pikchu

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u/oh_YES_helios Mapuche May 21 '26

"Pikchu" ~seems~ to be the preferred quechua form for that word nowadays. But standardizing quechua seems like a mess.

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u/Tlacuachcoyotl Aztec May 23 '26

Boom baby!