- It was built around 1450.
- Discovered by the explorer Hiram Bingham in 1911.
- Located in the City of Cusco - Peru.
- Cusco was the capital of the Inca Empire, Machu Picchu was the main city.
- Divided into 3 main areas: - The Sacred Town - The Popular Town and the District of the Priests and the Nobility.
- It was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1983.
- Was named one of the Seven Wonders of the World in 2007 (after a global vote via the Internet.
About 1914, Hiram Bingham who discovered Machu Picchu. after digging and finding ceramic vessels, silver statues, jewelry and body bones, took them to Yale University in the United States to be studied for a period of 18 months but unfortunately passed about 1 century and Yale still has these valuable items.
Multiple requests have been sent by the Peruvian government to the United States governement for the return of these objects that belong to us because the University must realize that there were not a gift but a loan for study7
These days (2010) our Government is starting a trial for devolution of each piece, which could take about 2 or more years ...
I hope that before our Bicentennial we receive what belongs to us as it is part of our identity and history.
We will be vigilants...
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