Photograph of Machu Picchu taken by Hiram Bingham III in 1912 after major clearing work had been undertaken.  Bingham had rediscoved Machu Picchu in 1911.: « This picture gives a general view of about
Photograph of Machu Picchu taken by Hiram Bingham III in 1912 after major clearing work had been undertaken. Bingham had rediscoved Machu Picchu in 1911.: « This picture gives a general view of… © Hiram Bingham III, « Work Accomplished by the Peruvian Expedition of 1912, under the Auspices of Yale University and the National Geographic Society » (see the Rediscovering Machu Picchu in the menu of http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/1913/04/machu-picchu/bingham-photography)., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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