 | The Last Days of the Incas by Kim MacQuarrie
Buy new: $19.80 / Used from: $8.25 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 that, once read, you will never forget! A sprawling, epic story amazingly told.
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 | Machu Picchu: Exploring an Ancient Sacred Center (WORLD HERITAGE AND MONUMENT SERIES) by Johan Reinhard
Buy new: $44.95 / Used from: $35.00 An excellent little book by a well-known archaeologist on the religious aspects of Machu Picchu and the surrounding region.
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 | Machu Picchu: A Civil Engineering Marvel by Kenneth R. Wright
Buy new: $46.80 / Used from: $39.85 An interesting book by an American engineer on the hydraulic systems the Incas used at Machu Picchu.
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 | The Machu Picchu Guidebook: A Self-Guided Tour by Ruth M. Wright
Buy new: $13.57 / Used from: $8.71 A good guide book by the above hydraulic engineer's wife!
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 | Lost City of the Incas (Phoenix Press) by Hiram Bingham
Buy new: $9.20 / Used from: $5.75 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 His many theories were disproven and the anthropology is woefully out of date, but an interesting read nevertheless.
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 | Inca Land: Explorations in the Highlands of Peru by Hiram Bingham
Buy new: $17.15 / Used from: $16.08 Hiram Bingham's first book on Peru, circa 1922. He wrote "Lost City of the Incas" much later, while he was in his 70s in 1948.
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 | Machu Picchu: Unveiling the Mystery of the Incas
Buy new: $37.12 / Used from: $10.80 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. Peru is still trying to get the 5000* artifacts Bingham took from Machu Picchu back!
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