By Catharine Hamm | Los Angeles Times Travel Editor
#16 Hiram Bingham wrote in Harper's Monthly in 1913: "It seemed almost incredible that this city [Machu Picchu], only five day's journey from Cusco, should have remained so long undescribed and comparatively unknown."
During the early years of the Spanish over 300 Incan sites were recorded in the Cusco area. Still there were many more that remained undiscovered. Unknown Incan sites continue to be discovered in the area in in 1999 British born explorer and mountain guide, Peter Frost discovered Qoriwayrachina. He returned with two National Geographic Society expeditions and have studied the find which includes more than 200 structures, store houses, and intricately engineered aqueduct, colorful potery and tombs.
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