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The Economic Times
The Economic Times
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The Lost Inca City Hiram Bingham Missed: How another explorer found Vilcabamba deep in Peru’s jungle

For decades, one of the greatest mysteries surrounding the Inca Empire remained hidden beneath the dense forests of the Peruvian Andes: where was Vilcabamba, the last stronghold of the Incas?

The mystery became even more intriguing because the American academic Hiram Bingham III, the man whose 1911 expedition brought Machu Picchu to international attention, believed he had already found the answer.

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