{"id":346551,"date":"2025-09-20T10:00:15","date_gmt":"2025-09-20T04:30:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=346551"},"modified":"2025-09-20T16:23:07","modified_gmt":"2025-09-20T10:53:07","slug":"machu-picchu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/machu-picchu\/","title":{"rendered":"Machu Picchu"},"content":{"rendered":"

News: <\/b>Nearly 1,000 tourists stranded near Machu Picchu, Peru, after train services were suspended due to protests against a new bus company contract.<\/p>\n

About Machu Picchu<\/h2>\n
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Source – Inca Rail<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Aspect<\/b><\/td>\n\n

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About\u00a0<\/b><\/td>\n15th-century <\/span>Inca citadel<\/b>, one of the <\/span>New Seven Wonders of the World<\/b>; UNESCO World Heritage Site (1983).<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Location<\/b><\/td>\nAbout 80 km northwest of <\/span>Cusco<\/b>, Peru; in the <\/span>Cordillera de Vilcabamba<\/b> of the Andes; altitude <\/span>2,350 m (7,710 ft)<\/b> between peaks <\/span>Machu Picchu (Old Peak)<\/b> and <\/span>Huayna Picchu (New Peak)<\/b>.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Built By<\/b><\/td>\nPachacuti Inca Yupanqui<\/b> (1438\u20131471 CE) as a royal estate\/retreat.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Rediscovery<\/b><\/td>\n1911 by <\/span>Hiram Bingham<\/b> (American explorer\/Yale professor).<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Features<\/b><\/td>\nTemples (Sun, Three Windows), <\/span>Intihuatana Stone<\/b> (sundial), palaces, tombs, terraces, aqueduct system, ceremonial & residential areas.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Access<\/b><\/td>\nTrain to <\/span>Aguas Calientes<\/b> + bus\/hiking <\/span>Inca Trail (3\u20136 days)<\/b>.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tourism<\/b><\/td>\nAttracts almost <\/span>4,500 visitors daily; Peru\u2019s most important tourist site.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Significance<\/b><\/td>\nShowcases <\/span>Inca architectural & engineering mastery<\/b>; generates major <\/span>foreign exchange<\/b> for Peru.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

About Inca Civilization<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Timeline<\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

Flourished c. <\/span>1400\u20131533 CE<\/b> in ancient Peru.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Extent<\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

Largest empire in the Americas; largest in the world at its time.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Society<\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

Highly stratified<\/b>; emperor with aristocratic bureaucracy.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Architecture\/Technology<\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

Advanced stone masonry, agriculture terraces, aqueducts.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Religion<\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

Mix of <\/span>animism, fetishism, nature worship<\/b> (Sun, Moon, mountains, rivers).<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

News: Nearly 1,000 tourists stranded near Machu Picchu, Peru, after train services were suspended due to protests against a new bus company contract. About Machu Picchu Aspect Details About\u00a0 15th-century Inca citadel, one of the New Seven Wonders of the World; UNESCO World Heritage Site (1983). Location About 80 km northwest of Cusco, Peru; in… Continue reading Machu Picchu<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10393,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,11212,12039,11211],"tags":[11872],"class_list":["post-346551","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-history-and-art-culture-in-news","category-knolls","category-places-in-news","tag-9pm-daily-factly","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/346551","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10393"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=346551"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/346551\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=346551"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=346551"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=346551"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}