Machu Picchu Research Paper

On July 24, 1911, American archeologist Hiram Bingham gets his first look at Machu Picchu, an ancient Inca settlement in Peru that is now one of the world top tourist destination. Machu Picchu was tucked away in the rocky countryside northwest of Cuzco, Machu Picchu is believed to have been a summer retreat for the Inca leaders. The people that lived in Machu Picchu were mostly wiped out by the Spanish invaders in the 16th century. For hundreds of years afterwards it hasn’t been seen or heard about. This all changed in the summer of 1911, when Hiram arrived with a small team of travelers that explored the area and searched for the famous lost cities of the Incas.
The daily life of Machu Picchu was extremely difficult as common people didn’t …show more content…
Below the almighty Inca was the royal family with all their, concurs, children and all the Inca’s family. This role of social class would have been considered ruling the Inca’s social structures. Next to the pyramid were high priest and the chief of the army. The fare social class was craftsmen, farmers and fishers were next, and last came the slaves for cursing the gods. This is an inflexible structures because Inca’s cannot move up in society but individual advancement was not valued therefore the structures that worked well.
The Inca’s were artistic people who used materials available to them in nature and blended them creating many different type of forms and colours. Much of their artistic expression was used in everyday life and had a religious meaning. Because they didn’t go to school or had anyone teaching them science they had to attach powers to anything they think of. They used natural worshiping resources such as water streams or rocks. They also used animals blood to paint things with and they used the best paintings to give away to worship to incorporate their best artistic creation to offer to their