![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Bingham spent most of his life arguing that Machu Picchu and Vilcabamba were one and the same, a theory that wasn’t proved wrong until after his death in 1956. Over time it became famous as the legendary Lost City of the Inca. This was a hidden capital to which the Inca had escaped after the Spanish conquistadors arrived in 1532. When the explorer Hiram Bingham III encountered Machu Picchu in 1911, he was looking for a different city, known as Vilcabamba. It’s not actually the Lost City of the Inca. While the archaeological site draws scores of visitors to Peru annually, here are 10 lesser known secrets hidden beneath its layers of history. Nestled high in the slopes of the Andes, the ruins of Machu Picchu continue to reveal the mysteries of the Inca Empire. ![]()
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