Exploring Machu Picchu

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Machu Picchu is one of the great Wonders of the World and a popular travel destination. The massive 15th century Inca citadel is located in Peru, sitting over 2,000-metres above the sea level. The mysterious structures have tickled our imagination ever since it was brought to the world’s attention in 1911.

Inca city located on a mountain about 2,500 meters above sea level. It is located in the Cusco Region

On July 24, 1911 an antiquity site located in the mountains surrounding Cusco, Peru, was rediscovered by explorer Hiram Bingham almost half a century after it was constructed. Since 1911 Machu Picchu has come into prominence as a tourist site because of its interesting history and its mysterious abandonment. Much of Machu Picchu has been restored since its discovery to give tourists a window into what it would have been like to live there at its prime. Machu Picchu was built by the great Inca civilization in 1450 and it is believed that it was used as an imperial retreat for the Inca Emperor. Historians now believe that the abrupt abandonment of Machu Picchu was a result of the Spanish conquest, but one of the reasons that it is so well

The land that it is at today was owned by the Spaniards, but when the Inca battle them and won they got to own the land. Then the Spaniards fought back and took over the Inca Empire. Then the author wrote “Not Intel 1911, it was given for the world to see.” This shows how long the Spaniards wanted to keep their new Empire that they stool from the Incas. It is now today in Peru’s national areas system for cultural and natural heritage. The management unit for the world heritage was established I 1999. The two great Incas Pachacutec Inca Yupanqui and Tupac Inca Yupanqui ruled and built the great architecture building. The ruler Pachacutec Inca Yupanqui ruled Machu Picchu during the years 1438, and 1471. The ruler Tupac Inca Yupanqui ruled Mach Picchu during the years 1472, and

city was built on a strict plan causing it to be divided into two parts: an upper

High in the Andean mountain range, nestled on a ridge between two mountains high above the valley floor below sits the amazing city and archaeological site of Machu Picchu. Machu Picchu is about 1400 kilometers south of the Equator on the eastern slope of the Peruvian Andes. The site lies near the head waters of the Amazon River and is on the ridge between two prominent mountain peaks – Machu Picchu and Hauyna Picchu – about 500 meters above the valley bottom (Wright and Kenneth, 2-3). Machu Picchu, believed to be the royal estate of the Inca ruler Pachacuti, is the most well-known of all the Inca archaeological sites. Professor Hiram Bingham discovered the site in July of 1911 and excavated it with the help of National Geographic and

b. Machu Picchu is a mountain city built by the Incas. It was a religious site. In 1911 it was discovered by the Europeans. It is now a tourist site.

Built at the height of the Inca empire, Machu Picchu is not only one of the world’s most stunning man-made wonders, but possibly the most well-known relic of the Americas’ most powerful civilization. At the time the structure was built, the Incas ruled the largest nation in the world ; it covered much of South America's west coast and its borders stretched from present day Colombia, southward to the border of modern day Chile. The empire thrived from the twelfth to the fifteenth century until the Spanish conquest in 1572. Although the empire expanded at a rapid speed and covered abundantly diverse areas, Incan emperors effectively unified their empire and maintained legitimacy both socially and politically, by employing unique organizational

Machu Picchu is a physical symbol of the culture that created it. It is located in the Andes Mountains in Peru, South America, high above the Urubamba River Canyon Cloud Forest. The Incan capital, Cuzco, the closest major city, is forty three miles northwest of this landmark. Machu Picchu is five square miles and eighteen square kilometers in size. This ancient civilization has an altitude of eight thousand feet and is surrounded by towering green mountains. Although covered in dense bush, it had many agricultural terraces that were sufficient enough to feed the population. Due to water from the natural springs as well as the agricultural terraces, it had the ability to be self-contained. Machu Picchu was created by the Inca culture for

Imagine walking through sweltering jungles for weeks and finding a lost city on the top of an mountain. This is how the discovery happened by Hiram Bingham in Peru. He searched for weeks looking for one clue such as a trail and finally found what he was looking for, a city on a mountain covered in moss. Machu Picchu would be an great travel destination for its architectural mysteries and its mountaintop environment.

Have you ever heard about Machu Picchu? Machu Picchu is one of the famous landmark in this world. This place make me feels that human ideas in the past can come up from many elements, many situations, and have no limit of keeps their life to move on in the war time or something. Machu Picchu is locate up on mountain in Peru.

Before watching this Machu Picchu video, I did have some prior knowledge about how the temples and fountains were made. They were made to collect water and let the people survive. If the city wasn't made a special way, it would have been destroyed over the years. After I watched the video, I learned that this abandoned city has a lot more to it than just temples, they had warfare/ The Inca were the known warriors, and they would do anything they could to protect the city. These fierce warriors, spread their empire across the country of Peru. The legend, Pachacuti, was the one who built Machu Picchu and he was also the first Inca emperor. Pachacuti was later mummified and is taken out at parades and parties to honor him. If I were to travel

What is now the ruins of an ancient empire, used to be a great stronghold for the Inca people. Whether or not this was their “Lost Capital”, people still marvel the location and all it has to offer. Tourists love this destination for many reasons. The scenery is breathtaking, even outside of the ruins themselves. Some people visit to see its “Mountaintop environment” (Paragraph 7 lines 4&5). Even architects and engineers visit to see the spectacular architectural feats built during the ancient civilizations’ prime. There are many reasons to love Machu Picchu, even if you don’t understand its background.

The use of Machu Picchu have hindered scholars for centuries. Machu Picchu, a mysterious, pre-Columbian city, was discovered by Hiram Bingham in 1911, who at the time, was trying to uncover Vilcabamba, a city rumored to be filled with gold (“Machu Picchu is Built”). Machu Picchu was built by the Incas, the biggest empire in the Americas, at