
Perhaps, thanks to the Inca’s efforts to hide the city, the Spanish never found Machu Picchu. It was lost to the wider world until geographer Hiram Bingham rediscovered it in 1911.In 1983, Machu Picchu was named a UNESCO World Heritage Site. As archaeologists learn more about what happened here, new questions continue to arise, guaranteeing that Machu Picchu will remain a place of mystery for years to come.
或許,應該感謝印加為隱藏這個城市而做出的努力,西班牙從未發現馬丘比丘。馬丘比丘成為失落的城市,直到地理學家海勒姆賓厄姆在1911年重新發現這里。1983年,馬丘比丘被聯合國教科文組織命名為世界遺產。作為考古學家了解這里發生的事情更多,新的問題繼續出現,馬丘比丘將在未來幾年保持它神秘的面貌。