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Sunrise over Machu Picchu, Peru.

Photo credit: Martin St-Amant

Machu Picchu is a well-preserved pre-Columbian Inca ruin located on a high mountain ridge. Machu Picchu is located above the Urubamba Valley in Peru, about 70 km (44 mi) northwest of Cuzco. Forgotten for centuries by the outside world, although not by locals, it was brought back to international attention by Yale archaeologist Hiram Bingham who rediscovered it in 1911.