Machu Picchu

Machu Picchu (Inca city)

MachuPicchu or commonly known by the lost Inca city is the result of a fascinating culture, Machu Picchu Inca ruins are the site before the arrival of Columbus, Inca is located on top of a valley called Urubamba in Peru State, or about 70 km northwest Cusco, Machu Picchu is located on a mountain with an altitude of about 2350 m above sea level. Inca kingdom was a kingdom located in what is now present in the know with the State of Peru. Inca is often referred to by most people as a civilization "pre-Columbus, has a meaning has been around since before the arrival of Christopher Columbus to this area. During that period the Inca control most of South America, based in the western Andes mountains to the year 1533, when the Spaniards began a massive invasion of this kingdom. The Spaniards began to master the Inca empire since the last king of the Inca empire named Atahualpa was killed by an explorer from Spain who named Francisco Pizarro. Official language of the Inca empire was Quechua language, despite the fact that In areas there are about 700 local languages ​​are used. Doing the Inca worship of the gods, with the core or the supreme god is the god of the sun. The capital of this empire in Cuzco, or Qosqo, in southern Peru. Machu Picchu was built in about the year 1450, this building is also a testament to the splendor of the ancient Inca empire before the empire was conquered by the Spaniards in, after so long ignored by the international community finally in 1911 a Yale archaeologist Hiram Bingham III University found The Inca city buildings and Machu Picchu since the event became one of the favorite attractions in the world, but it also has attractions in designated by UNESCO as world heritage site since 1983 and is now one of the seven wonders of the New World . Machu Picchu was built using the ancient Inca style with polished stone walls, the main part of building a Intihuatana, the Temple of the Sun and the Room Three windows, this place is also known as the Sacred District of Machu Picchu. In the early 20th century Bingham was an archeologist who never takes a few artifacts from Machu Picchu to be brought to the University of Yale, but in September of 2007, the Peruvian government reached an agreement with Yale University to bring these artifacts back.