Sunday Almanac: Machu Picchu discovery
221 views · Published 25 July 2011 · 2:54 · Indexed 3 October 2026
Channel: CBS News · 2011 · News & Politics
One hundred years ago, on July 24, 1911, Yale University explorer Hiram Bingham arrived at a set of ruins on a nearly 8,000-foot peak in the Andes Mountains, discovering the "Lost City of the Incas."
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