Debate Continues Over Whether A German Discovered Machu Picchu

posted on December 18th, 2008 in Andes Mountains, Archaeology, Did a German Discover Machu Picchu?, Machu Picchu, Peru, Recent Discoveries

The ruins of Peru’s Machu Picchu in 1913 (photo by Hiram Bingham)

Debate Rages in Peru: Was a Lost City Ever Lost?

December 8, 2008

NYT

CUSCO, Peru — From the postcards bearing his swashbuckling, fedora-topped image to the luxury train emblazoned with his name that runs to the foot of the mountain redoubt of Machu Picchu, reminders are ubiquitous here of Hiram Bingham, the Yale explorer long credited with revealing the so-called Lost City of the Incas to the outside world almost a century ago.

But in recent months, a confluence of contrary events has threatened to upend the legacy of Mr. Bingham, the ostensible model for the fictional Indiana Jones…

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Peru Files Lawsuit Against Yale University Over Machu Picchu Artifacts

posted on December 14th, 2008 in Machu Picchu, Peru-Yale Controversy

Peru sues Yale University to recover “Machu Picchu” artifacts

Living in Peru

December 10, 2008

Peru has quietly filed a lawsuit against Yale University, officially turning a nearly century-long dispute over the rightful ownership of Inca artifacts into a legal battle, reported Wednesday Yale Daily News…

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Inca-Era Mummy Discovered Near Machu Picchu

posted on December 2nd, 2008 in Archaeology, Did a German Discover Machu Picchu?, Incas, Peru, Peruvian Mummies, Recent Discoveries

The Frozen Mummy of an Inca Girl Found On Top Of A Mountain In Argentina In 1999

 (Note: Readers of this blog will recall that a German adventurer, Augusto R. Berns, claimed to have discovered a cave full of Inca mummies on a piece of property he… (more…)

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