people. Pasted from < http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inca > Machu Picchu: image source: http://www.jaunted.com/files/7156/Machu_Picchu Peru_2.jpg Machu Picchu ( Quechua : Machu Picchu , "Old mountain") is a pre-Columbian Inca site located 2,400 meters (7,875 ft) above sea level [1 ]. It is situated on a mountain ridge above the Urubamba Valley in Peru ,