Переведите it was 24th july,1911. hiram bingham, anamerican archaeologist, was in theandes mountains in peru. suddenly he sawwalls of stone in front of him. he couldn't believeit! was this the lost city of machu picchu? machu picchu is an ancient inca site in the andes mountainsin peru. it dates back to 1436. but what was it exactly and whydid the incas build it so high in the mountains? no one is reallycertain. bingham found amazing things in machu picchu. he discovered stonebuildings with thick walls, homes for the people and a beautiful palacefor the emperor. there was even a huge pyramid. the city also had a taltower, temples, storage rooms, baths, about 150 houses and a park. ithad running water and water fountains. all the buildings were verystrong. even earthquakes didn't destroy them! the incas were clever people and they knew how to do many things. they weren't only great builders and astronomers. they werealso good farmers. they constructed terraced fields aroundthe city and they grew potatoes, corn and cocoa.machu picchu was a great city. hundreds ofpeople lived there. then, one day, they left,and no one really knows why.
