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Journey with us as we delve into the thrilling tale of Prof. Hiram Bingham of Yale who, against all odds, made the most stunning archaeological discovery of his era - the ruins of Machu Picchu perched on an Andean peak in Peru. In an age when virtually every inch of the earths surface seemed explored, Binghams discovery of an entire city, untouched for two thousand years, caused a stir of excitement and envy. Binghams 1922 book, INCA LANDS Explorations in the Highlands of Peru, offers a comprehensive recount of his expedition in the summer of 1911 and subsequent excavation in 1912, supported ...

When the Smithsonian’s Hall of Physical Anthropology opened in 1965 it featured 160 Andean skulls affixed to a wall to visualize how the world’s human population had exploded since the birth of Christ. Through a history of Inca mummies, a preHispanic surgery called trepanation, and Andean crania like these, Empires of the Dead explains how “ancient Peruvians” became the single largest population in the Smithsonian and many other museums in Peru, the Americas, and beyond.

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