Machu Picchu: The City Above the Clouds
This episode has been translated into English using artificial intelligence (AI). The original script and content come from the Swedish podcast Historiens Mysterier (Mysteries of History).Machu Picchu rises high in the Peruvian Andes, where stone ruins sit between steep peaks and thick mist, giving the place a strange and almost unreal feeling.
It was built by the Inca in the 15th century and later remained hidden from the outside world until Hiram Bingham was led there in 1911.
Because the site was never found by the Spanish and stayed preserved for so long, it has become surrounded by…
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