“Hiram Bingham (1875–1956) was an American academic, explorer and treasure hunter and politician. He obtained a B.A. from Yale University and a PhD from Harvard. Bingham was not a trained archaeologist, yet it was during Bingham’s time as a lecturer – later professor – at Yale that he discovered the largely forgotten Inca city of Machu Picchu.

“His book Lost City of the Incas became a bestseller upon its publication in 1948. Bingham has been cited as one possible basis for the “Indiana Jones” character”

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