INCA TRAIL HISTORY
Inca Trail History
In Febuary 1909, Hiram Bingham, an adventurer and professor of South American history INITIALLY Traversed the Peruvian Andean mountains. Being the rainiest month of the year His journey was arduous. His previous visit to the Choquequirao ruins His curiosity aroused in the Incas. In 1911 I Came Back With the Yale Peruvian Expedition With the aim of visiting the Urubamba River and Its surroundings to discover the last Capital City of the Incas. Bingham Examined the scripts of the conquests to find out Where They Should Go. I've Heard About a secret lost city in the jungle but no one in Cusco confirmed this. The journey started trailing the path of the Urubamba River, examining arrays of ruins on the way. On July 23, 1911 Bingham Have Reached Aguas Calientes farmer Melchor Arteaga met WHO Bingham Informed about the Presence of two Inca sites, Machu Picchu and Huayna Picchu. Arteaga was taken on as a guide, When He Explained That They Had to go to the top of the mountain Binhams HAD associates different pretexts to refrain from joining him.
So, finally ascended Bingham With just Seargent Arteaga and Carrasco, WHO translated for the Quechuan farmer. They Traversed the rushing Urubamba Then crossing the dense jungle vegetation on the other side, at times on Their hands and knees, clinging on by the tips of Their fingers. About 600 meters above the river They found a hut and some more farm workers performing work on the agricultural terraces. After a rest Arteaga did not want to climb Further and sent a child to guide Bingham. As They Climbed the terraces Became increasingly larger. To Binghams Also Perfected astonishment I discovered Incan walls overlaid by heavy vegetation. Bingham was lead by the child-through shrubs and bamboo to a very large cave That Bingham proclaimed to be the Royal Tomb. Bingham meat back to the US with word of the city of Machu Picchu. This find aroused the interest of the world, Especially Yale University and the National Geographic Society. Both Organizations Wished to aid in Bingham ascertained His investigations of the ruins in 1912 and 1915. Stated Bingham 'a careful count of the skeletons and bones found in the different caves and tombs Appear to show the remains of 173 Individuals and of these, maybe 150 Correspond correspondence to women, an extraordinary percentage, at Least That was a sanctuary habitants Whose Were Chosen Women of the Sun. 'Other people connected to Machu Picchu Were servants, laborers and soldiers That Were buried out of the city. Bingham Claimed They did not find gold or silver materials but They did encounter items of bronze and other metals and wood, stone and bone. There are Disagreements About what Binghams Took team from Peru. In the official Peruvian Government report made in 1916, it was Stated That there was 74 boxes, with mummies, bones, ceramics, textiles and metal and wooden items. No products of gold or silver Were verified, though there are many skeptics, Considering the size and significance It had for the Incan rulers And Also the fact That it was not discovered by the Spanish. The Peruvian government and Yale University are in discussions about the return of the items for the Archaeological Museum of Machu Picchu.
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