Machu Picchu Essay

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Abstract: When Hiram Bingham first re-discovered Machu Picchu, he had no idea on what he had located. To him it seemed like a city and by the looking at the sites Bingham was able to come up with three theories on the site. These theories remained intact, until just recently when new discoveries started to raise questions about Bingham’s original statements about Machu Picchu. Introduction: In July of 2007 a new list of the 7 wonders of the World was released, among them was a site called Machu Picchu, located in Peru. With over hundreds of stone structures, and located on top of the Andean mountain; Machu Picchu has been said to be one of the most elegant, and mysterious discoveries in the world. The Inca people were able to use the nature and all the surroundings to make the site into an incredible city. Machu Picchu Machu Picchu has been a major tourist site for several years. However, the history behind Machu Picchu still remained a mystery to the world until 1911, when the site was rediscovered by Yale archaeologist Hiram Bingham. After visiting the site, Bingham came with three theories on the purposes of the ancient site. Bingham had stated in this finding that the site was a site that was a traditional birthplace of the Inca people. Due to the ratio of ten woman to one man found on the sites, it was stated that the site to have been a religious site where there were only virgin woman and we’re watched over by the head priests. The last theory that was stated was that the site was an ancient site for where the final battle took place between the Inca and the Spaniards. Project Statement: Although, Bingham re-discovered the ancient site, his work today is started to raise some questions among current archaeologist. Mainly due to the fact that his founding’s were more on the types of food that he ate rather than the actual site that he had sat his eyes

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