On view now at National Geographic
Machu Picchu: A Lost City Uncovered Photographs from the Hiram Bingham Expeditions 1911–1915
Friday, June 24th - Sunday, September 11th
Free
"On an expedition to Peru to search for ancient ruins, Hiram Bingham III, a 35-year-old assistant professor of Latin American history at Yale University, was directed to what has become one of the world's most famous archaeological sites, Machu Picchu. Bingham first encountered the Inca mountaintop retreat on July 24, 1911. With financial support from Yale University and the National Geographic Society, he returned on two subsequent expeditions, clearing the ruins and photographing and mapping the site. " Read more here.
Photograph by Ellwood C. Erdis
National Geographic
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