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Inca Ecuador
Ingapirca, near Cuenca is Ecuador's only major Inca site and few Inca artifacts have survived. A gold mask (the symbol of the Banco Central del Ecuador), sometimes described as Inca, is actually from the much earlier
La Tolita
coastal civilization .
Main site
Sun Temple
Foundation walls
Sun Temple
Sun Temple
Sun Temple
Sun Temple
Ceremonial area & Temple
Trapezoidal doorway
Inca stonework
Foundation walls
Ceremonial area & Temple
Ceremonial area & Temple
Trapezoidal doorway
Akllahausi
Walls & Temple
Walls & Temple
Inca stonework
Llamas
Sun Temple
'Stone with holes'
'Inca chair'
Llama head
Cuenca
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