Iowa Public Radio

Historians say explorers got it wrong: It's not Machu Picchu, it's Huayna Picchu

Peru's Machu Picchu is more than 600 years old and yet, experts continue to learn new things about the iconic archaeological site. Last year, researchers discovered the ancient Incan city is at least ...
KSL

Is Machu Picchu's name wrong? Researchers say the city was Huayna Picchu

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Business Insider

The world has called the archaeological wonder, Machu Picchu, the wrong name for over a century, a new report finds

The world has known the historical ancient site as "Machu Picchu" for over a century. Researchers say the city may have originally been called just "Picchu" or "Huayna Picchu." Nonetheless, it's not ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Have We Been Calling Machu Picchu by the Wrong Name?

Analysis of historical documents showed no evidence of the site being called Machu Picchu until 1911. Public domain via Wikimedia Commons under CC BY-SA 3.0 A new study suggests that scholars and the ...
Science Daily

Study reconsiders name of Peru's Machu Picchu

More than 110 years after Hiram Bingham's first visit to the site, researchers reviewed Bingham's original field notes, early 20th century maps of the region, and centuries-old land documents from ...