The Machu Picchu history is not a secret. Though new information and data are consistently being gathered as of the present time, the important details about how the Machu Picchu came into being has already been established.
One particular and most common known fact about the Machu Picchu history is when the entire thing was built. It was constructed in 1450, when the Inca Empire was at its strongest. It was the peak of the Inca civilization and it was the pride of the Inca people. However after a century, it was abandoned right after the arrival of the Spaniards. Though the conquistadors were not aware that such a civilization was already there, some travelers that were able to see the place carried Smallpox, and when the locals were infected, they died of the disease.
Even if it was recorded in Machu Picchu history that the Spanish were able to set foot on the holy sanctuary of the Incas, they were still able to recognize and take note of what they used to call Picchu. But it was not stated that they were able to really go to the place. This may seem a good thing because during that time, the Spanish accustomed to destroying Inca artifacts when they conquer a certain city, but because they did not see Machu Picchu, all of the remains of it are preserved to this day.
The actual discovery of Machu Picchu is to be credited to Hiram Bingham, which is the rock of all Machu Picchu history. He was the first to make the theory that the site is the place where the “Virgins of the Suns” was birthed, that is why for the Incas, it is considered to be holy ground. After Bingham, other researchers were able to make breakthroughs in the study of Machu Picchu. Among these brilliant minds are Richard Burger and John Howland Rowe. They were the ones who concluded that the high lands of Machu Picchu are indeed the home of Pachacuti, the Inca emperor at that era. Johan Reinhard on the other hand, was the one who said that Machu Picchu was particularly handpicked by the Incas because of the landscape that is compatible with astronomical instances that the Incas value.
The history also mentions clear that the land is sacred, and that the Incas refer to it as a religious site of spirituality. Because of the mountains that surround the area, it is considered to be a place where you can have quiet time any hour of the day. These mountains are considered to be the walls of important religious doctrines that the Incas give importance to.
After its discovery in July 1911, the NatGeo Society honored its history when it dedicated the April 1913 cover to cover issue to the modern wonder of the world. Only almost 30 years ago, Peru, the country that houses Machu Picchu, declared about 300 square kilometers as a sanctuary of history. Today, Machu Picchu is one of the previous 7 Wonders of the World, being elected in 2007 by the foundation that sponsored the event.