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Machu Picchu 2011 – A Centenary?

Posted on August 6, 2011 by Jeff Lawrence

Hiram Bingham’s “Discovery” of Machu Picchu On 23rd July 1911 the American explorer Hiram Bingham, whilst searching for the “Lost Inca City” of Vilcambamba, entered the plain of Mandor Pampa in the Urubamba river valley and decided to stop and … Continue reading →

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