Books & Electronic Resources about Machu Picchu
Lost city of the Incas : the story of Machu Picchu and its builders by Call Number: F3429.1.M3 B617 2002
Cradle of gold : the story of Hiram Bingham, a real-life Indiana Jones, and the search for Machu Picchu by Call Number: F3429.B633 H42 2010ISBN: 0230611699In this grand, sweeping narrative, 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 exhilarating recovery of their final cities and the thought-provoking fight over their future. Drawing on original research in untapped archives, Heaney vividly portrays both a stunning landscape and the complex history of a fascinating region that continues to inspire awe and controversy today
Turn right at Machu Picchu : rediscovering the lost city one step at a time by Call Number: F3429.1.M3 A43 2011ISBN: 0525952241Traces the author’s recreation of Hiram Bingham III’s discovery of the ancient citadel, Machu Picchu, in the Andes Mountains of Peru, describing his struggles with rudimentary survival tools and his experiences at the sides of local guides.
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Machu Picchu, Hiram Bingham, & Yale University
Machu Picchu (Photo: npr.org)
- Yale Peabody Museum of Natural HistoryHiram Bingham III (b. 1875, d. 1956; Yale College Class of 1898) was an adjunct professor in the history of Latin America at Yale University from 1907 to 1915. Although he was not an anthropologist by training or formally affiliated with the Peabody Museum, Bingham contributed to the Museum through his re-discovery of the famous archaeological site of Machu Picchu in Peru. His collection of archaeological material from that site, along with associated documents and photographs, are housed in the Division of Anthropology at the Yale Peabody Museum.
- Yale Returns Machu Picchu Artifacts To PeruNPR story - After nearly 100 years, a collection of antiquities from the Inca site of Machu Picchu is going home. The artifacts have been at the center of a long and bitter custody battle between the government of Peru and Yale University.
Additional resources about Machu Picchu
- Machu Picchu Travel InformationTravel site sponsored by InfoPeru.com.
- Video - Hidden Lives: Porters of Machu PicchuNY Times, September 11, 2013. Instead of just seeing Machu Picchu, the producers paid attention to the porters who cater to tourists traveling there.