Hiram Bingham stumbled upon one of the greatest archaeological finds of the 20th century—and what was named in 2007 as one of the new seven wonders of the world: Machu Picchu. What Bingham saw ...

The road from Cusco to Machu Picchu, first opened in 1948, is called the Hiram Bingham Highway, and a plaque dedicated to Bingham sits outside the entrance to the site. Following his career as a ...

Machu Picchu, the royal retreat of the Incan ... In 1911, Yale historian Hiram Bingham stumbled upon the "lost city of the Incas." Since then, its magnificent setting and detailed stonework ...

6 min read It's a bit humbling, standing at Machu Picchu where Hiram Bingham stood with his camera nearly a century ago. Bingham, a Yale professor and adventurer, rediscovered in 1913 the lost ...

Machu Picchu. It was in 1911 that the United States explorer and archaeologist, Professor Hiram Bingham, was told about the ruins by local Indians who guided him up the mountain through snake ...

"Machu Picchu might prove to be the largest and most important ruin discovered in South America since the days of the Spanish conquest," wrote Hiram Bingham, the explorer who stumbled upon the ...

Peru says the artifacts were lent to Yale for 18 months. But the university has kept them ever since one of its alumni, U.S. explorer Hiram Bingham, rediscovered Machu Picchu in the Andes in 1911.

Machu Picchu is the granddaddy of archeological ... completely unknown to the outside world. It wasn't until Hiram Bingham III, a Yale historian and explorer (and the inspiration for the famous ...

Located steps from the entrance to Machu Picchu ... train station at Machu Picchu town—also known as Aguas Calientes. The property was originally the site of explorer Hiram Bingham's camp ...

Harry Bingham's father's crowning achievement was his exploration of Machu Picchu almost 100 years ago. Yet Hiram Bingham III's status as the "discoverer" of the ruins is in dispute, and the ...