[DOC] [TLE] Machu Picchu - Wikipedia [PAR] Machu Picchu or Machu Pikchu is a 15th-century Inca citadel situated on a 
mountain ridge ... Machu Picchu was built around 1450, at the height of the Inca 
Empire. ... In 1911 American historian and explorer Hiram Bingham travelled the 
region looking for the ... En route Bingham asked local people to show them Inca 
ruins. [DOC] [TLE] Machu Picchu - Facts & Summary - HISTORY.com [PAR] machu picchu, ancient inca city, peru, unesco world heritage site, 1983, ... local 
farmer told them of some ruins located at the top of a nearby mountain. The 
farmer called the mountain Machu Picchu, which translates to old peak ... and 
South America's most famous ruins, welcoming hundreds of thousands of people 
a year. [DOC] [TLE] Machu Picchu -- World Heritage Site -- National Geographic [PAR] Get facts, photos, and travel tips for the works of Machu Picchu, a World ... aligns 
with both the boulder within and the tip of a nearby mountain peak. ... Today 
many choose to follow in his footsteps by hiking to the ruins on the legendary 
Inca Trail. ... Best Summer Trips 2016  South Australia's Adventures of a Lifetime 
 Where... [DOC] [TLE] Top 10 Machu Picchu Secrets -- National Geographic [PAR] Jun 15, 2011 ... This ancient Inca site has centuries-old secrets trapped in its walls and more 
recent ones that we spill here. [DOC] [TLE] Machu Picchu | ancient city, Peru | Britannica.com [PAR] Oct 19, 2016 ... Machu Picchu, also spelled Machupijchu, site of ancient Inca ruins located about 
... between two sharp peaksMachu Picchu (Old Peak) and Huayna Picchu (
New ... excavated under the direction of the American explorer Gene Savoy. .... 
tourist attraction in Peru, bringing in visitors from around the world. [DOC] [TLE] Machu Picchu History [PAR] Furthermore, according to their research, the place had a quarry nearby that 
could provide ... Lizarraga's story and his visits to the ancient Inca ruins have 
attracted the ... in 2007, Machu Picchu is Perus most visited attraction and South 
America's ... (Peak) and the word to describe a mountain is Orqo, is not its 
original name,... [DOC] [TLE] Andes: World's Longest Mountain Range - Live Science [PAR] Mar 14, 2013 ... The south face of Aconcagua, the highest peak in South America, ... The range is 
also known for its volcanoes, ruins of long-ago civilizations and the source of a 
malaria treatment. The origin of the name Andes has not been definitively 
determined; most ... Machu Picchu was an Incan retreat for its emperor. [DOC] [TLE] The discovery of Machu Picchu | History Today [PAR] Jul 7, 2011 ... The spectacular 'lost city of the Incas' high among the Andes mountains in ... He 
was strongly interested in Latin American history and studied for his PhD in it at 
Harvard. ... where they encountered a local farmer named Melchor Arteaga. ... 
nearby at what Arteaga in his native Quechua called Machu Picchu,... [DOC] [TLE] Machu Picchu - Sacred Sites [PAR] Machu Picchu, an Inca sacred place in the Andean mountains of Peru was 
discovered by ... of the western Vilcabamba range, but the shrine itself is primarily 
equinoctial. ... the ruins of Machu Picchu in the foreground with the sacred peak 
of Wayna ... In 1904, an engineer named Franklin supposedly spotted the ruins 
from a... [DOC] [TLE] New Inca Ruins Charted Near Choquequirao | News from Peru ... [PAR] Jun 3, 2016 ... Exploring two previously undocumented Inca ruins near Choquequirao in April 
2016. ... Andean viper noted for terrifying the Machu Picchu trekking hoards, 
scurried ... ruins called Incaracay, predictably named 'place of the Inca', just .... my 
home Colorado, Pikes Peak Range Riders group, is documenting it... [DOC] [TLE] Machu Picchu: Incredible Inca Ruins - Travel Channel [PAR] American archaeologist Hiram Bingham rediscovered Machu Picchu in 1911. Be 
an explorer and visit the ruins of the Inca -- pre-Columbian South America's... [DOC] [TLE] Tips on visiting the incredible Inca citadel of Machu Picchu | On The ... [PAR] No matter where you stand amongst

Question: The Incan ruins of Machu Picchu in this South American range are named for a nearby peak
Answer: the Andes