Debate se alsa en Peru: estuvo la ciudad perdida, algna vez perdida?. New York Times 7/12/08
CUSCO JOURNAL Debate Rages in Peru: Was a Lost City Ever Lost? Moises Saman for The New York Times Although Hiram Bingham has long been credited with discovering the Incan city of Machu Picchu in 1911, evidence has emerged that a German adventurer may have preceded him. Some records show that the adventurer bought land in the area in the 1860s. More Photos > By SIMON ROMERO Published: December 7, 2008 CUSCO, Peru — From the postcards bearing his swashbuckling, fedora-topped image to the luxury train emblazoned with his name that runs to the foot of the mountain redoubt of Machu Picchu, reminders are ubiquitous here of Hiram Bingham, the Yale explorer long credited with revealing the so-called Lost City of the Incas to the outside world almost a century ago. The New York Times The Incas abandoned Machu Picchu in the 16th century. More Photos » But in recent months, a confluence of contrary events has threatened to upend the legacy of Mr. Bingham, the ostensible model for the ficti