On this day, in 1911: Machu Picchu rediscovered. On 24 July 1911, Hiram Bingham announced the discovery of Machu Picchu, the Lost City of the Incas, to scholars. As an American historian employed as a lecturer at Yale University, Bingham had been searching for the city of Vilcabamba, the last Inca refuge during the Spanish conquest. He had worked for years in previous trips and explorations around the zone. Pablito Alvarez, a local 11 year-old Quechua boy, led Bingham up to Machu Picchu. Some Quechuas lived in the original structures at Machu Picchu.
Posted on: Wed, 24 Jul 2013 12:15:24 +0000
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