the story of Hiram Bingham, a real-life Indiana Jones, and the search for Machu Picchu
Heaney, Christopher
2011
At the turn of the twentieth century, Hiram Bingham, a Yale historian, set out to discover the final resting place of the Incas. His rediscovery of the ancient citadel Machu Picchu inspired the first modern studies of the Incas.
A biography of the man who discovered Machu Pichu in 1911 and later gave up his scholarly exploration to pursue a career in politics, taking a seat in the U.S. Senate after a two-day term as Governor of Connecticut.
Professor William Race is called in by the U.S. Army to translate an ancient manuscript which holds the key to the location of an Indian icon which could be used as the basis for a terrifying new weapon.
Reprints a series of reports and photographs that appeared in "National Geographic" magazine in the early twentieth century, in which explorer Hiram Bingham details his discovery of the legendary Inca city of Macchu Picchu.