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Kenya Has Its Own Machu Picchu—the Lost Town of Gedi

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In the 13th century, a town in Kenya flourished with advanced city planning (including sewage and water systems) and prolific trade. Then its inhabitants vanished without a trace.

‪The ruins of an ancient town deep in the Kenyan forest have befuddled archaeologists and historians for decades. There is virtually no written record of Gedi,

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