Machu Picchu, which is defined as one of the seven wonders of the world version of the Swiss Foundation, which conducted a poll via the Internet and short message service (SMS), which followed about 100 million people around the world, on July 7, 2007
Machu Picchu, or " Old mountain " Quechua (local language), often called " the lost city of Incas ". Machu Picchu Inca site of pre-Columbian ruins, located in the mountains at an altitude of approximately 2350 m. Machu Picchu is located above the Urubamba Valley in Peru, 70 km northwest of Cusco, is the city of gold-plated.
Machu Picchu was built around 1440 AD by the founders of the Inca empire, Pachacutec Yupanqui. Machu Picchu is a symbol of community and dedication that stood for centuries in the middle of the Amazon jungle, in the Upper Urubamba River.
Machu Picchu attracted international attention when it was first rediscovered by archaeologists from Yale University, USA, Hiram Bingham, who discovered it in 1911. Appears various theories about urban debris that stood in the hills. Some researchers believe Machu Picchu is the tomb of Pachacutec, because there are buildings covered in gold. Several other researchers theorize Machu Picchu is 'Ilacta' or the city to control the conquered areas of the economy and protect the Inca nobility. Another theory is Machu Picchu as the ruler of a 'villa' Inca, as well as a place of ceremony seasons and astrological observations. The silhouette of the mountain (Huayna Picchu or "young mountain") located at the Machu Picchu Inca background shows the nose of people who look to the sky. Machu Picchu was graded, the higher the level, the higher the strength the people who occupy it. In most universities where the Inca priests ceremony in honour of the Sun every day.
Evidence suggests Machu Picchu Inca abandoned when Spain entered the South American mainland. But experts suspect an outbreak of smallpox causes Machu Picchu abandoned. More than 50 percent of the population killed by plague in 1527. Inca government had fallen, civil war raged. When the Spanish conquerors Pizzaro arrived in Cuzco in 1532, Machu Picchu rushed into a ghost town above the clouds.
When Hiram Bingham discovered Machu Picchu in 1911, this place is very hidden and covered by thick vegetation in the surrounding vegetation. Stunning building situated in the Andes Mountains of Peru, relative for hundreds of years was never disturbed by human presence. Bingham said: ". It can be found Machu Picchu, and discover a new civilization on earth" One of the U.S. media claimed that Machu Picchu is the most important buildings and the most preserved in the world. Now almost around 2,500 tourists who visit Machu Picchu every day. Flood of tourists will certainly make the Government of Peru had time to fret. "Peru can promote the tourism sector with Machu Picchu, but how they can care for and preserve the most historic buildings in the world," the government said.
Bingham probably can not imagine that these findings could siphon thousands of tourists every day. However, he found this place by chance. At first, he only intends to explore the wild vegetation in the Andes as a scientific expedition. Maybe he made this experience so incredible, because he can roam in a place very foreign to him, past the trees towering, and when it broke through a very dense bush with the help of both hands. Faintly from a distance looks super grand old buildings that were buried by the high weeds seen by both eyes. He was with a guide, as if it were considering what he had seen was a mere mirage, but it is a fact.
Bingham believed, that this place has great significance for the birth of a civilization's most legendary in the world, the Inca Empire. A great Native American civilizations that have disappeared. At least there are thousands of artifacts that are very high value in Machu Picchu. Now most of the artefacts was the subject of research to dig deeper into the history of civilization of the Incas.
