Lost City of the Incas

I just finished reading a very interesting book: Lost City of the Incas by Hiram Bingham. It was written in 1948 and is about his expedition in 1911 to Peru (and several more over the next few years) where his discovered lots of things about the Incas including the city Machu Picchu. He was a professor of South American History at Yale. He was accompanied by several colleagues and worked with a bunch of local people traversing many ruins. The Incas had o writing so there is jo written record of anything.

I've been to Machu Picchu twice. What an incredible place! The Incas were incredible architects and builders. The buildings are made of huge carved stones that fit together very tightly and used no cement.

Interestingly in 1954 I was visiting a friend in northwestern Connecticut and spent a few days as a caddy at a local golf course and my client was Hiram Bingham! I knew nothing about him at the time but later learned that he had been Connecticut Lt Governor and then Senator a few years after his explorations.



Lots of info and pictures about my trips. https://jwg.livejournal.com/tag/machupicchu/