"Remove that temporary thirty-foot wooden plank link and the site of Machu Picchu is protected by its isolation. The upper gate to the city is in a formidable wall where, again deliberately, one views Huayna Picchu's sheer peak framed in the doorway above the site. This all adds to its magnetic appeal and enhances the mystique surrounding its status as a "lost" city. What seems more and more likely is that Machu Picchu was probably designed to be remote and difficult to find. Machu Picchu is an example of the greatest Inca stone working genius."
I find this book titled "Ten Discoveries That Rewrote History", interesting, but I find this section on Machu Picchu, much more intriguing. The Incas, the "stone working genius", were a brilliant people. In my opnion, the Incas built Mach Picchu TO keep it hidden, because during that time Spanish conquistadors were invading and looking for gold and settlements. The Incas were smart in their building too, because the location itself is hard to find, being it's on top of a mountain hidden by trees, brush, and protected by nature's creatures. It amazes me to think that before all of us, the generation now, a group of people were so smart and so creative enough to leave a place so beautiful behind, unknowingly. I doubt they imagined it would ever be found by anyone ever again. Machu picchu, which was built in secret, is indeed one of the ten greatest discoveries.
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