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21 Striking Photographs of the Machu Picchu Discovery

Machu Picchu was discovered on July 24, 1911, by the American historian and Yale lecturer, Hiram Bingham. Bingham and his crew started their journey down the Urubamba River. Along the way, Bingham…

By Jacob Miller · 5 min

Ancient History

An Archaeologist Discovered a Tunnel Sealed for 1,800 Years Under a Temple in Mexico

Teotihuacán was the massive pre-Aztec metropolis that was home to 125,000 people around 400 CE. The remains of the city…

Stephanie Schoppert · 6 min