About 105 years ago, an expedition occurred making these explorers discover the ancient city of Machu Picchu. This attracted archaeologists, and historians. The reason is because of the wonders and history of the ancient civilization of the Inca’s. Mostly today it is a tourist attraction to people who are curious about the wonders of the world or just to take good pictures. The significances of the ancient city of Machu Picchu is its discovery, history, and it's universal values of the world today.
In July of 1911, a famous American explorer named Hiram Bingham began an expedition through the vast jungles of Peru trying to find clues for what he was looking for. With the help of native farmers that lived near the relative location of what the explorer was after, Hiram Bingham crossed the Urubamba River, hiked two thousand feet up a mountain and found what he was looking for, the city of Machu Picchu. At first, Hiram thought it wasn't there because of the vegetation and the growth of plants and moss. Later after the exploration, Bingham, his native guide, and Bingham's military escort rushed over to the area to take photos, notes, and research on the Ancient civilization of the Incas but Hiram wasn't the first man to examine the Inca civilization. After a takeover by a Spanish conqueror in the 1530s, a man named Pedro Cieza de León recorded Inca rituals, social structures, and the engineering. …show more content…
Machu Picchu is described as the greatest artistic, architectural and land use achievements anywhere. Plus, the most significant tangible legacy of the inca civilization. It stretches 79 acres on mountain slopes, and was above 7.800 feet above sea level that was built in the fifteenth century. It was later abandoned when the inca empire was conquered by the spaniards in the sixteenth century. Today, it is the last stronghold of the incas and the superb architectural and archaeological importance to the
In July of 1911, a famous American explorer named Hiram Bingham began an expedition through the vast jungles of Peru trying to find clues for what he was looking for. With the help of native farmers that lived near the relative location of what the explorer was after, Hiram Bingham crossed the Urubamba River, hiked two thousand feet up a mountain and found what he was looking for, the city of Machu Picchu. At first, Hiram thought it wasn't there because of the vegetation and the growth of plants and moss. Later after the exploration, Bingham, his native guide, and Bingham's military escort rushed over to the area to take photos, notes, and research on the Ancient civilization of the Incas but Hiram wasn't the first man to examine the Inca civilization. After a takeover by a Spanish conqueror in the 1530s, a man named Pedro Cieza de León recorded Inca rituals, social structures, and the engineering. …show more content…
Machu Picchu is described as the greatest artistic, architectural and land use achievements anywhere. Plus, the most significant tangible legacy of the inca civilization. It stretches 79 acres on mountain slopes, and was above 7.800 feet above sea level that was built in the fifteenth century. It was later abandoned when the inca empire was conquered by the spaniards in the sixteenth century. Today, it is the last stronghold of the incas and the superb architectural and archaeological importance to the