Claim: Machu Picchu was located in the Americas
Evidence: Often mistakenly referred to as the `` Lost City of the Incas '' -LRB- a title more accurately applied to Vilcabamba -RRB- , it is the most familiar icon of Inca civilization.
The Inca Empire -LRB- Quechua : Tawantinsuyu , `` The Four Regions '' -RRB- , also known as the Incan Empire and the Inka Empire , was the largest empire in pre-Columbian America , and possibly the largest empire in the world in the early 16th century.