Machu Picchu: Have we been giving Inca culture's most famous heartland the wrong name?

Related: The Ancient Inca Town Named Huayna Picchu (Journal of the Institute of Andean Studies)

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Source: Euronews

Machu Picchu: Have we been giving Inca culture's most famous heartland the wrong name?

By Jez Fielder • Updated: 23/03/2022 - 17:06

It's the go-to place for references to ancient South American culture.

Peru's Machu Picchu stands, 2,430 metres above sea level, as a testament to Inca culture and settlements.

It was thrown into public awareness by the explorer Hiram Bingham in 1911 and nearly a century later was voted one of the New Seven Wonders of the World.

But a hitherto little-known academic paper released a few months ago in August 2021 has made quite another discovery.

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