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2. Machu Picchu - Wikipedia

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   Machu Picchu [a] is a 15th-century ... and few outside the immediate area knew of its existence. The site may have been re-discovered and plundered in 1867 by a ...

3. Hiram Bingham III - Wikipedia

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   Hiram Bingham III (November 19, 1875 – June 6, 1956) was an American academic, explorer and politician. In 1911, he publicized the existence of the Inca citadel of Machu Picchu which he rediscovered with the guidance of local indigenous farmers.

4. Agustín Lizárraga - Wikipedia

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   Agustín Lizárraga Ruiz (Spanish: [aɣusˈtin liˈθaraɣa] 12 June 1865 – 11 February 1912) was a Peruvian explorer and farmer who discovered Machu Picchu on 14 July 1902, nine years prior to American explorer Hiram Bingham.

5. Peru–Yale University dispute - Wikipedia

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   In the several years following his re-discovery of Machu Picchu in 1911, Yale explorer Hiram Bingham III removed thousands of objects – including pottery, stone tools, and human bones – from the archaeological site and brought them to New Haven, Connecticut. The circumstances of these transfers were disputed, with some, including Bingham ...

6. Ancient temple and theater 3,500 years older than Machu ...

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   Ancient temple and theater 3,500 years older than Machu Picchu discovered in Peru. ... The finds predate the country’s best-known archaeological site, the ancient citadel of Machu Picchu, which ...

7. Historic Sanctuary of Machu Picchu - Wikipedia

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   The Historic Sanctuary of Machu Picchu [2] is a protected area in Peru covering over 35,000 hectares. It includes the natural environment surrounding the Machu Picchu archaeological site, located in the rugged cloud forest of the Yungas on the eastern slope of the Peruvian Andes and along both banks of the Urubamba River, which flows northwest in this section.

8. Lost city - Wikipedia

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   In 1911, Melchor Arteaga led the explorer Hiram Bingham to Machu Picchu, which had been largely forgotten by everybody except the small number of people living in the immediate valley. [5] Nevertheless, Peruvian explorer and farmer Agustín Lizárraga predated this discovery by 9 years, having found the Inca site on July 14, 1902. He left a ...

9. Predictions for 2011 Employment - AOL

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   Every year at about this time, Roger Herman and Joyce Gioia, strategic business futurists and publishers of The Herman Trend Alert, issue their annual forecast. Here are their 2011 employment