documentary on the incas & machu picchu/machu pikchu (part2)

watch part 1 here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgvPAlRmA9w

Short documentary about the Incas and Machu Picchu. Machu Picchu (Quechua: Machu Pikchu, "Old Peak") is a pre-Columbian Inca site located at 2,430 meters (7,970 ft) above sea level on a mountain ridge above the Urubamba Valley in Peru, about 70 km (44 mi) northwest of Cusco. Often referred to as "The Lost City of the Incas", Machu Picchu is probably the most familiar symbol of the Inca Empire. It was built around the year 1450 and abandoned a hundred years later, at the time of the Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire. Forgotten for centuries by all except for a few locals, the site was brought to worldwide attention in 1911 by Hiram Bingham, an American historian. Since then, Machu Picchu has become an important tourist attraction, it was declared a Peruvian Historical Sanctuary in 1981 and a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1983. It is also one of the New Seven Wonders of the World.Machu Picchu was built in a classic Inca architectural style of polished dry-stone walls. Its primary buildings are the Intihuatana, the Temple of the Sun and the Room of the Three Windows located in what is known by archaeologist as the Sacred District of Machu Picchu. There are concerns about the impact of tourism to the site as its visitors reached 400,000 in 2003. On September 2007, Peru and Yale University reached an agreement regarding return of artifacts removed from Macchu Picchu in the early 20th century by Hiram Bingham.

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[delsur2009]

"Peru and Yale University reached an agreement regarding return of artifacts removed from Macchu Picchu in the early 20th century by Hiram Bingham." 40,000-4000=36,000 artifacts still pending

[JoeMaamaa]

You are correct, Machu Picchu was built already, but some historians think the city served as a religious site as well as a 'last refuge'

[ornitorrinco01]

It is not true that Machu Picchu was build as a refuge away from the Spanish. Machu Picchu was already constructed when the Spanish arrived, it was most likely a royal retreat and very important ceremonial centre. Also Hiram Bingham did not discover it by chance, the locals always knew it was there, a local guide actually led Hiram Bingham to the site but Hiram Bingham gets the credit for 'discovering' the site.

[mystisme]

@BillKiernan do some reaserch specially with archeologist,well i did my uncle is a reseacher archeologist why sould i belive him speacially when he went there and some also japan pyramide under water and many more underwater city like surroudding india that the world do not know yet know about but in the 1 years to go look about the underworl city found they will be publicly publish sit and wait

[BillKiernan]

@mystisme "but very earlier like 12,ooo years ago and thats proven" 12000 years ago? um, no.

[mystisme]

the city was not bilt when spanixh arrive but very earlier like 12,ooo years ago and thats proven

[LobsterPotsticker]

lol was this documentary made in the 80's?

[uboot1967]

Great civilization.but as always destroyed by the 'civilized'....

[strugglingman1]

so interesting...luv watchin' these documentaries....

[albizu1]

its. my contry......

very good..!

[bigpccc]

thats not true... i mean,... they didnt build that to hide from the spanish, that was build before the spanish started conquering the americas