Peru | Machu Picchu’s name is not Machu Picchu, says a new study

Located in the Andes Mountains, the original name of one of the world’s most famous “lost cities,” according to the study, is Huayna Picchu.

Ancient the original name of the Inca city of Machu Picchu is not Machu Picchu, says a new scientific study on the subject.

The original name of one of the world’s most famous “lost cities” in the Andes is, according to research, Huayna Picchu or just Picchu, and Huayna Picchu is also the name of the highest mountain next to the ruins.

Ñawpa Pacha: Journal of Andean Archeology published study according to, few locals had accurate information about the ruins before the U.S. explorer Hiram Bingham “Discovered” them in 1911. However, many knew of the existence of the ruins, and in that sense Bingham found nothing but brought them worldwide publicity.

Research made by a Peruvian historian Donato Amado Gonzales and an American archaeologist Brian S. Bauer browsed Bingham’s original notes, early 20th-century maps and map books, and also documents from Spanish conquerors until the late 16th century.

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“A significant amount of data suggests that the name of the Inca city was actually Picchu, or more likely Huayna Picchu,” Bauer told the University of Illinois at Chicago. in the bulletin. Bauer is a professor of anthropology at that university.

Gonzales and Bauer found, among other things, a map published in 1904 in which the ruins were called Huayna Picchu. In addition, it became clear to them that Bingham was told in 1911 in Cusco that there was a ruined town along the Urubamba River called Huayna Picchu.

Bauerin according to the bulletin, the best evidence of the city’s original name can be found in documents written by the Spaniards after the conquest of the area. Researchers found a report written in the late 16th century in which the original inhabitants of the area considered resettling a place called Huayna Picchu.

But what name is correct? There is no answer to that. If the whole world has known Machu Picchu Machu Picchu for over a hundred years, its name is as much Machu Picchu as Huayna Picchu. All names are invented.

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