Bingham Reexamines Machu Picchu as Inca Heartbeat
Senator Hiram Bingham, famed explorer, renews theories on Machu Picchu as cradle city and final Inca sanctuary. He argues the site housed a sacred temple and Virgins of the Sun, linking three window shrine to Incan origin and Spanish upheaval.
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Inca Sun Worship Center Machu Picchu Retold by Dr Bingham
Dr. Bingham presents evidence that Machu Picchu was a Sun worship center linked to the Virgins of the Sun and the last Inca rulers. The fortress shows two occupational periods with distinct masonry and a temple of three windows containing votive pottery.
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