Machu Picchu
Title | Machu Picchu PDF eBook |
Author | Richard L. Burger |
Publisher | Yale University Press |
Pages | 252 |
Release | 2004-01-01 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 0300097638 |
Details the status of contemporary research on Incan civilization, and addresses mysteries of the founding and abandonment of Machu Picchu, charting its archaeological history from 1911 to the present.
Secrets of Machu Picchu
Title | Secrets of Machu Picchu PDF eBook |
Author | Suzanne Garbe |
Publisher | Capstone |
Pages | 58 |
Release | 2015-12-21 |
Genre | Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | 1515730352 |
Soar into the mountains of Peru to discover the archeological wonder of the abandoned city of Machu Picchu. Why did the Incas leave the site? And what was it used for? Travel along with scientists to find out how their discoveries shed light on the mysteries surrounding the Lost City of the Incas. Unlocking the secrets of the past is just an artifact away!
Lost City of the Incas
Title | Lost City of the Incas PDF eBook |
Author | Hiram Bingham |
Publisher | Hachette UK |
Pages | 299 |
Release | 2010-12-16 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 0297865331 |
First published in the 1950s, this is a classic account of the discovery in 1911 of the lost city of Machu Picchu. In 1911 Hiram Bingham, a pre-historian with a love of exotic destinations, set out to Peru in search of the legendary city of Vilcabamba, capital city of the last Inca ruler, Manco Inca. With a combination of doggedness and good fortune he stumbled on the perfectly preserved ruins of Machu Picchu perched on a cloud-capped ledge 2000 feet above the torrent of the Urubamba River. The buildings were of white granite, exquisitely carved blocks each higher than a man. Bingham had not, as it turned out, found Vilcabamba, but he had nevertheless made an astonishing and memorable discovery, which he describes in his bestselling book LOST CITY OF THE INCAS.
Mysteries of Machu Picchu
Title | Mysteries of Machu Picchu PDF eBook |
Author | Elizabeth Weitzman |
Publisher | Lerner Publications |
Pages | 36 |
Release | 2017-08 |
Genre | Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | 1512440183 |
"This book explores the ancient city of Machu Picchu and the mysteries and myths surrounding its development, abandonment, and later discovery"--Provided by publisher.
Lost City
Title | Lost City PDF eBook |
Author | Ted Lewin |
Publisher | Penguin |
Pages | 46 |
Release | 2003-06-02 |
Genre | Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | 1101652772 |
Caldecott Honor-winner Ted Lewin takes readers on a thrilling journey to the wilds of Peru in this story of Hiram Bingham, who, in 1911, carved a treacherous path through snake-filled jungles and across perilous mountains in search of Vilcapampa, the lost city of the Incas. Guided the last steps by a young Quechua boy, however, he discovered not the rumored lost city, but the ruins of Machu Picchu, a city totally unknown to the outside world, and one of the wonders of the world.
The Mysteries of Machu Picchu
Title | The Mysteries of Machu Picchu PDF eBook |
Author | Simone Waisbard |
Publisher | |
Pages | 304 |
Release | 1979-04-01 |
Genre | Incas |
ISBN | 9780380436873 |
Cradle of Gold
Title | Cradle of Gold PDF eBook |
Author | Neil B. Chambers |
Publisher | Macmillan |
Pages | 319 |
Release | 2011-07-05 |
Genre | Architecture |
ISBN | 0230112048 |
Christopher Heaney takes the reader into the heart of Peru's past to relive the dramatic story of the final years of the Incan empire, the recovery of their final cities and the fight over their future. Drawing on original research in untapped archives, Heaney portrays both a stunning landscape and the complex history of a region that continues to inspire awe and controversy today. --from publisher description