The Best Books on Machu Picchu

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	""This is a beautifully written and haunting book on the conquest of the Inca Empire and on the history and discovery of Machu Picchu. It is one of those rare kinds of books you will never forget.""

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	""An excellent little book by a well-known archaeologist on the religious aspects of Machu Picchu and the surrounding region.""

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	"An interesting book by an engineer on the hydraulic systems the Incas used at Machu Picchu.""

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	""A good guide book by the above hydraulic engineer's wife.""

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	""The discovery of Machu Picchu in its discoverer's own words (Hiram Bingham). His many theories were disproven and the anthropology is woefully out of date, but an interesting read nevertheless.""

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	""Hiram Bingham's first book on Peru, published in 1922. He wrote "Lost City of the Incas" much later, while he was in his 70s in 1948.""

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	""Perhaps the best coffee-table-style book (in English) on Machu Picchu. It accompanied the traveling Machu Picchu/Yale University tour in the United States.""

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	""An excellent travel book on Peru, though a bit outdated.""