MSNBC has a great article on Machu Picchu. An excerpt is below. Follow this link for the full story! Machu Picchu may have been less of a city, than a spiritual destination for the Inca. New research argues the ceremonial path into the city was conceived as a replica of the path followed by the first Incas in cosmological myth.

Peru's Machu Picchu continues to mystify and intrigue its visitors (yours-truly included) and scholars -- even a century after Hiram Bingham first introduced the legendary Inca ruins to the rest of the world. Most recently, a group of Peruvian archeologists discovered a unique tomb located on a hillside at the ancient city. Its placement -- high …

Combined with the help of local Peruvian legend and local residents, Yale lecturer, Hiram Bingham,