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why was
it built?
Theory: As a nunnery for the
Virgins of the Sun
Some 100 skeletons were excavated from
Machu Picchu, and osteologist George Eaton
found about three-quarters of them to be
female. This sparked the theory that the city
was for the Virgins of the Sun, a holy order
of women dedicated to the Inca sun
god, Inti. Modern analysis found the
skeletons to be roughly half
male and half female.
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