Amy Tikkanen
Encyclopædia Britannica Editor
Amy Tikkanen is Managing Editor at Encyclopaedia Britannica. She has worked at Britannica for more than two decades, handling a wide range of topics that include Hollywood, politics, books, and anything related to the Titanic.
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Banaue rice terraces, system of irrigated rice terraces in the mountains of north-central Luzon, Philippines, that were created more than 2,000 years ago by the Ifugao people. Although located in several villages, they are collectively known as the Banaue rice terraces. In 1995 various sections of…
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