Machu Picchu (commonly misspelled Machu Pichu) is a Quechua
language name meaning "Old Peak". It was a
Pre-Columbian city located at 2,430 m (7,970 ft)
altitude on a mountain ridge above the Urubamba Valley in
Peru, about 70 km (44 mi) northwest of Cusco. Machu
Picchu was a city of the Inca Empire, near impenetrable and
originally accessible only by the Inca trail, and never
discovered or destroyed by the Spanish Conquistadores.
Machu Picchu
is probably the most familiar symbol of the Inca Empire. It
is often referred to as "The Lost City of the Incas". The
site was designated as a World Heritage Site in 1983 when it
was described as "an absolute masterpiece of architecture
and a unique testimony to the Inca civilization".
Forgotten for centuries by the outside world, although not
by locals, it was brought back to international attention by
archaeologist Hiram Bingham in 1911, who made the first
scientific confirmation of the site and wrote a best-selling
work about it.
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An Archaeology Site
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