SciFi/Fantasy – July 24

“No part of the highlands of Peru has been better defended by natural bulwarks—a stupendous canyon whose rim is more than a mile above the river, whose rock is granite, and whose precipices are frequently a thousand feet sheer.”
– Hiram Bingham III, who on this date in 1911 got his first look at the ancient Incan settlement of Machu Picchu.

Writing prompt: Write a scene in which your protagonist is found in possession of another culture’s priceless artifacts by some spectacularly angry members of that culture.

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