2006-12-06 10:23:44 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
The Peruvian Cultural Organisation state the following,
"Almost a century after its archaeological discovery and thanks to recent studies of sixteenth century archival documents, there are good arguments to suppose that the citadel of Machu Picchu was - like the pyramids of the pharaohs in Egypt or the tomb of the emperor Chin Shi Huan in China - the luxurious and well cared for mausoleum of the Inca Pachakuteq, founder and first emperor of Tawantinsuyu."
Personally I would trust this over what Wikipedia says - after all, the Peruvians should be the best to know about their own culture.
2006-12-06 10:33:38 · answer #1 · answered by the_lipsiot 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
there was an article in the nytimes a few years ago about the recent theory that it was indeed just a retreat town- sort of the hamptons of peru.
higham (bigham?), the archeologist from yale (think he was british) discovered it using national geographic money and wrote a beautiful article and later book and sort of romanticized it bring out theories to catch the imagination, but ultimatly i don't think there were any real proof.
2006-12-06 18:53:01 · answer #2 · answered by erik 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is theorized that it was a country retreat town for Inca nobility.
2006-12-06 18:27:45 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋