Who Found Machu Picchu?

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b015cmrt

The story of Machu Picchu's discovery is one of myth, court cases and controversy. The popular account involves the central character, the prototype for India Jones, Hiram Bingham, who in 1911 stumbled upon the ancient ruins of an Inca city lost in the jungle. As Peru celebrates the centenary of it being found, explorer Hugh Thomson follows in Bingham's footsteps into the Andes to unearth the truth and the controversies about its discovery.
Thinking Monquey (:monkeydance:) may be interested, anyone else who's been there also.

Very interesting, very interesting indeed.
 

Gramaisc

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I think the Incas found Machu Pichu.


Reminds me of a cartoon showing David Livingston 'discovering' the Victoria Falls and a passing African is saying "Thank you for pointing it out, bwana, I can't imagine how we'd never noticed it before.."
 

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Gramaisc said:
I think the Incas found Machu Pichu.
This much is true, but to a certain extent they went and lost it as well.

Radio programme includes interview with the (Western) authority on the Incas - John 'Conquest of the Incas' Hemming.
 
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