NPR

Historians say explorers got it wrong: It's not Machu Picchu, it's Huayna Picchu

Peru's Machu Picchu is more than 600 years old and yet, experts continue to learn new things about the iconic archaeological site. Last year, researchers discovered the ancient Incan city is at least ...
Business Insider

The world has called the archaeological wonder, Machu Picchu, the wrong name for over a century, a new report finds

The world has known the historical ancient site as "Machu Picchu" for over a century. Researchers say the city may have originally been called just "Picchu" or "Huayna Picchu." Nonetheless, it's not ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Have We Been Calling Machu Picchu by the Wrong Name?

Analysis of historical documents showed no evidence of the site being called Machu Picchu until 1911. Public domain via Wikimedia Commons under CC BY-SA 3.0 A new study suggests that scholars and the ...
CNN

Machu Picchu has been called the wrong name for over 100 years. Historians reveal its true name

Some mistakes are hard to shake. For over 100 years, one of the most famous archaeological sites in the world, Machu Picchu, has been known by the wrong name, according to a report published in Ñawpa ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Machu Picchu’s Ancient Beauty

Machu Picchu, the royal retreat of the Incan emperor Pachacuti, sits atop the Urubamba Valley in Peru. Meaning "Old Mountain" in the Quechua Indian language, the complex was constructed in the 15th ...