Machu Picchu: Have we been giving Inca culture's most famous heartland the wrong name?
Related: The Ancient Inca Town Named Huayna Picchu (Journal of the Institute of Andean Studies)
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Source: Euronews
Machu Picchu: Have we been giving Inca culture's most famous heartland the wrong name?
By Jez Fielder • Updated: 23/03/2022 - 17:06
It's the go-to place for references to ancient South American culture.
Peru's Machu Picchu stands, 2,430 metres above sea level, as a testament to Inca culture and settlements.
It was thrown into public awareness by the explorer Hiram Bingham in 1911 and nearly a century later was voted one of the New Seven Wonders of the World.
But a hitherto little-known academic paper released a few months ago in August 2021 has made quite another discovery.
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