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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
Science
Dan Collyns in Lima

Machu Picchu: Inca site ‘has gone by wrong name for over 100 years’

Macchu Picchu – or as it was apparently called by the Inca – Huayna Picchu.
Macchu Picchu – or as it was apparently called by the Inca – Huayna Picchu. Photograph: Mike_Sheridan/Getty Images/iStockphoto

Machu Picchu is one of the world’s best-known archaeological sites, a wonder of pre-Columbian architecture that has been closely studied for decades and a tourist attraction that draws hundreds of thousands of visitors every year.

But a new academic paper argues that since its rediscovery more than a century ago, the site has been known by the wrong name.

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