The Lost City of The Inca Machu Picchu In Peru , Machu Picchu is expected founded by Pachacute (ปาชากูตี). The Lost City of The Inca rediscovered in 1911 by Yale archaeologist Hiram Bingham The American explorers and are one of the most beautiful and enigmatic ancient sites in the world. One of Machu Picchu's primary functions was that of astronomical observatory. The Intihuatana stone has been shown to be a precise indicator of the date of the two March and other. While the Inca people certainly used Life Andean mountain top (7972 feet elevation), erecting many hundreds of structures . legends indicate that Machu Picchu was revered as a sacred place, Machu Picchu seems to have been utilized by the Inca as a secret ceremonial city . It also has ruins have palaces, baths, temples, storage rooms and some part 150 houses, all in a remarkable state of preservation. These structures, carved from the gray granite of the mountain top are wonders of both architectural and aesthetic genius.