Ruins show 'lost city' of the Incas was part of vast complex
David Keys – The Independent November 7, 2003 The world's most
famous "lost city" - the Inca ruins of Machu Picchu in Peru,
found in the early 20th century - was part of a much larger
complex, according to sensational new archaeological
discoveries. While investigating a mountain ridge facing the
Andean city, an Anglo-American expedition has discovered a
previously unknown series of high-status sacred ceremonial
buildings scattered over at least a square mile of jungle. So
far, using airborne infra-red reconnaissance and exploration of
the jungle itself, the team - led by the British explorer Hugh
Thomson and the American archaeologist Gary Ziegler - have found
33 previously unknown buildings. They also found seven others
which had originally been located by the American explorer Hiram
Bingham in 1912, but the whereabouts of which had been lost, as
Bingham left no compass bearings. Preliminary examination of the
ruins suggests that the complex was a