IN 1911, an American explorer, Hiram Bingham, re-discovered the Incan ruins at Machu Picchu, helping to popularize this site, which today is one of the seven modern wonders of the world.  <a href="https://www.bytesizedbiographies.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Hiram-Bingham-Indiana.jpeg" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"></a>Hiram Bingham, 1912   <a href="https://www.bytesizedbiographies.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Hiram-Bingham-Machu.jpeg" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"></a>Machu Pichu, Hayna Picchu in the background   <a href="https://www.bytesizedbiographies.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Hiram-Bingham-ruins.jpeg" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"></a>Machu Picchu, photographed by Hiram Bingham   <a href="https://www.bytesizedbiographies.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Hiram-Bingham-Air-Corps.jpeg" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"></a>Hiram Bingham, Air Corps during WWI   <a href="https://www.bytesizedbiographies.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Hiram-Bingham-US-Senator.jpeg" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"></a>Bingham, US Senator   <a href="https://www.bytesizedbiographies.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Hiram-Bingham-Coolidge.jpeg" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"></a>Bingham with other members of President's Coolidge's committee on Aviation .   <a href="https://www.bytesizedbiographies.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Hiram-Bingham-grave.jpeg" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"></a>Hiram Bingham Grave, Arlington National Cemetery

Hiram Bingham, the Real Indiana Jones and the Lost City of Machu Picchu  (Part One)

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