News about the discovery of Machu Picchu

As in an adventure movie, old maps of Machu Picchu that were recently revealed may change the story of its discovery. The American explorer Hiram Bingham is known as the discoverer of the ancient site in 1911, a feat done with the help of Yale University and the National Geographic Society.

Since American cartographer Paolo Greer made public the old maps last week in Cusco, archaeologists and historians came up with more information about the maps and the history behind them, adding conflict and doubts to the story of the discovery of Machu Picchu.

The old maps were published for the first time in 2003 by the Peruvian historian Mariana Mould de Pease, however her publication wasn’t properly exposed. It proved that the German adventurer Augusto Berns knew about Machu Picchu 40 years before the arrival of Bingham to the site. According to the Peruvian historian, the American explorer knew about the authorization given by the government to Augusto Berns for mining and forest explorations around the archaeological site, which included the exploration of the ruins that may have resulted in many archaeological objects ending in Germany around the end of the XIX century.

http://www.gogeometry.com/incas/inca_city_who_found_machu_picchu.htm
http://terranoticias.terra.es/cultura/articulo/historiadora-machu-picchu-2527770.htm