IN 1911, an American explorer, Hiram Bingham, re-discovered the Incan ruins at Machu Picchu, helping to popularize this site, which today is one of the seven modern wonders of the world.
Hiram Bingham, at Harvard, with wife Alfreda
Church built on the former site of the Coricancha, Cuzco, Peru
IN 1911, an American explorer, Hiram Bingham, re-discovered the Incan ruins at Machu Picchu, helping to popularize this site, which today is one of the seven modern wonders of the world.
Hiram Bingham, 1912
Machu Pichu, Hayna Picchu in the background
Machu Picchu, photographed by Hiram Bingham
Hiram Bingham, Air Corps during WWI
Bingham, US Senator
Bingham with other members of President’s Coolidge’s committee on Aviation .
