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Finding Machu Picchu: A Look at Explorer Hiram Bingham, A Real-Life Indiana Jones

Finding Machu Picchu: A Look at Explorer Hiram Bingham, A Real-Life Indiana Jones

Almost one hundred years ago, on July 24, 1911, a Yale University history lecturer named Hiram Bingham III climbed to the top of a mountain ridge in Peru and encountered one of the most extraordinary sets of ruins on Earth: Machu Picchu. Photo by Eddie Kiszka found on Unsplash.

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10/30/2025