Peru
![Machu Picchu, Peru, 1998](photos/peru/machuPicchu2.jpg)
Machu Picchu, Peru, 1998
The very cool lost city of the Incas!!! Archaeological evidence indicates that it represents a mountain retreat of the Inca leader Pachacuti Yupanqui, who ruled c.1438-1471. American archaeologist Hiram Bingham found the site in 1911 whilst looking for the lost city of Vilcambamba. Apparently, the whole surrounding mountains are covered with other undiscovered cities just like Machu Picchu! How cool is that!!!