Hiram Bingham and Machu Picchu - Part 5

The Explorers Podcast

Matt Breen

Society & Culture, History, Education

4.8 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 5 November 2024

⏱️ 33 minutes

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In the final part in this series, we look at the rest of the life of Bingham, the true nature of Machu Picchu, and the story of the artifacts taken from Peru by Bingham and Yale. This episode is brought to you by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/EXPLORERSPOD and get on your way to being your best self. The Explorers Podcast is part of the Airwave Media Network: www.airwavemedia.com Interested in advertising on the Explorers Podcast? Email us at [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:54.0	Hello and welcome to the Explorers podcast.
0:56.9	Today is the final part in our series on American Explorer,
1:00.0	Hyron Bingham, and Machu Picchu.
1:02.4	Last time we concluded with Bingham returning to the United States in 1915.
1:07.2	He was frustrated by the controversy surrounding the excavation of Inca artifacts.
1:11.7	People accused him of stealing Peru's history and said he was a conquistador without a sword.
1:17.2	Bingham would thus throw up his hands and walk away, not realizing that his career as an explorer was over.
1:23.5	So in today's episode, we will do the following.
1:26.4	First, we will take a look at the rest of the life of Hiram Bingham, as it was quite interesting.
1:31.8	Second, we will examine Machu Picchu, the series' Star Attraction.
1:35.4	This will consist of two parts.
1:37.4	The first will be information about how the true nature of Machu Picchu was revealed and understood
1:42.0	by archaeologists and historians.
1:48.0	The question of what was Machu Picchu, Dog Bingham, even to his death. Well, we will answer it.
1:50.0	The other part will consist of a discussion about the site of Machu Picchu itself,
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