From 100 Facts for 100 Years of Machu Picchu #53

By Catharine Hamm | Los Angeles Times Travel Editor

53.  Later research showed that the remains found at Machu Picchu were not all women, and the idea that it was a sanctuary of sorts for the Virgins of the Sun was discarded.

Hiram Bingham entered tombs at Machu Picchu and removed bones to Yale University.  The collection he took was recently returned to Peru.