History & Heritage

The Lost City of Machu Picchu

The story of the Inca city of Machu Picchu, hidden in the Andes and revealed to the world.

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1High in the Andes mountains of Peru lies the lost city of Machu Picchu.

2The Inca people built it on a narrow ridge in the fifteenth century.

3Its stone houses fit together so tightly that no mortar was needed.

4Long terraces cut into the steep slopes held crops of maize and potatoes.

5Priests carefully watched the rising sun from temples at the highest points.

6The city was abandoned, and thick forest slowly hid it from view.

7Local farmers always knew the ruins were there, but the outside world did not.

8An American explorer named Hiram Bingham reached the ruins in the early twentieth century.

9His photographs of the overgrown city soon amazed readers all around the world.

10Today it is one of the most visited places in South America.

11Rangers now limit the number of visitors, so the fragile stones can survive.

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