machu picchu

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• - An article from Civil Engineering Magazine about how Ken Wright set out to discover how the Incas got their water when Machu Picchu is on a mountain ridge.
  
• - One of the luckiest breaks in the history of exploration must have been when Hiram Bingham stumbled on Machu Picchu. An article by Robin Hanbury-Tenison from Travel Intelligence.
  
• - A Biography of the Anthropologist Hiram Bingham who discovered the Inca Citadel of Machu Picchu in 1911.
  
• - Comprehensive guide and gallery. Includes links to over 200 related sites.
  
• - History of religion, social customs, ruins, and disappearance of the Incas from Machu Picchu.
  
• - UNESCO describes the park established to protect the landscape of the renowned Macchu Picchu archaeological site, founded by the Inca culture, and its management. Includes a bibliography.
  
• - Melinda Reese gives a readable introduction to this astounding survival of Inca culture, with a bibliography and related links.
  
• - Descriptions and photographs of the ruins along the trail, personal account of the hike and how it has changed, details of a novel set in the area and links to related sites.
  
• - Detailed information and 360 degrees views of plazas, buildings and temples of the Citadel and the Inca Trail.
  
• - Labyrinthina hosts extracts from Hiram Bingham's 'Lost City of the Incas' - the story of his discovery of Machu Picchu in 1911.