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Museo Machu Picchu, Peru: The Cusco museum with clues to the mystery of Machu Picchu

by Isobel King

Much like the dense forest cloud that envelops Machu Picchu on our early September visit, the citadel and its history remain largely shrouded in mystery. The Inca had no system of writing and left no written records, so theories and hypothesis fill the vacuum that archaeologists struggle to explain ...


 

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Machu Picchu Artefacts On Display At Casa Concha Museum In Cusco​

by Alan R. Cohen

In 1911, Yale scholar Hiram Bingham rediscovered Machu Picchu.  Although he thought, incorrectly, that he had found the last refuge of the Incas (this was actually Vilcabamba), there is no doubt that what he did find has turned out to be much more significant for visitors to Peru ... 

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320 Santa Catalina Ancha, Cusco, Peru 080101

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