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The ruins sit surrounded by the Andes Mountains at about 11,024 feet above sea level. The name Machu Picchu literally means “old peak”, translated from the Quechua language. It was discovered by Hiram Bingham on July 24, 1911 while he was in charge of a Yale University expedition. It was in this landscape that the Incas built Machu Picchu at the end of the fourteenth century.
The discovery of Machu Picchu was actually the unintentional consequence of the search for Vilcabamba - a town established by the rebellious Inca Manco Capac II after Peru was invaded by the Spanish. From this town, the remaining Incas would attack the Spanish settlers in Cusco for the following 36...
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Ancient Machu Picchu is shrouded in mystery as no one knows exactly how or why it was built, nor why the Incas abandoned the site after only 100 years of occupation.










