Hiram Bingham

The road less traveled to Machu Picchu

2011-07-24 00:00:00

Our first view of Machu Picchu was from across a cloud-covered valley. My daughter Betsy and I had hiked three hours in air so thick that you could cut it with a machete. We were exploring the partially restored Inca ruins of Llactapata with our...

Around the world in 23 days

2011-12-18 00:00:00

Phileas Fogg went around the world in 80 days. I did it in 23. And I bet I visited more amazing sites than he — India's Taj Mahal, Easter Island, Tibet, Cambodia's Angkor Wat, the African plains, to name a few — all without having to endure...

Planning your trip to Machu Picchu along the Salkantay Trail

2011-07-24 00:00:00

Trip logistics: To re-create the trip described, contact any one of a number of Mountain Lodge of Peru's travel partners, including Mountain Travel Sobek (www.mtsobek.com); REI (www.rei.com/adventures) or Backroads (www.backroads.com) or contact MLP...

Yale agrees to return Machu Picchu artifacts to Peru, ending dispute

2010-11-22 16:33:46

100 facts for 100 years of Machu Picchu: Fact 8

2011-04-22 09:28:00

In July, Machu Picchu, Peru's biggest tourist attraction, will mark its 100th anniversary of rediscovery. Hiram Bingham III, a Yale professor, came upon the vine-covered ruins on July 24, 1911. Here, then, as we lead up to the century mark, are 100-plus...

Make art loans, not war

2008-01-21 00:00:00

The much-celebrated and hotly contested Euphronios calyx-krater is the Metropolitan Museum's no more. Last week, the Greek two-handled bowl got a one-way ticket to Italy, the country from which it is thought to have been looted. At Rome's presidential...

Clues from the mists of time

2008-01-05 00:00:00

Kuelap, Peru The broken skeletons were scattered like random pottery shards, rediscovered where they had fallen centuries ago. Were these ancient people cut down in some long-forgotten battle? Did European-introduced diseases cause their demise? Were...

Historic site at risk; too many tourists

2007-04-29 00:00:00

Calls are mounting for limiting visitors to the fragile Inca citadel of Machu Picchu, an increasingly popular tourist destination. Some have suggested closing South America's preeminent archeological monument one or two days a week as the number of...

'The Lost City of Z' by David Grann

2009-02-15 00:00:00

The Lost City of Z A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon David Grann Doubleday: 352 pp., $27.50 For each summit reached or Machu Picchu-like discovery, the history of exploration marks more deaths and failures than can be counted, armies of men...

Railroads, tours and treks

2006-01-22 00:00:00

THOUGH fiercely buffeted by political crosswinds in 2005, Amtrak apparently has survived the political pressure that culminated with the firing of the company's president. As of now, the existing network will continue for 2006. On the plus side, the...

Science Is Eating His Dust

2004-12-07 00:00:00

Gene Savoy plunged into the Peruvian jungle half a century ago in search of the fabled El Dorado, a lost Incan city so wealthy that its king reputedly walked coated in gold dust. For months at a time, Savoy tromped through mountain terrain that local...

Retorno de piezas de Machu Picchu es ejemplo para otros países, afirma García

2011-04-04 00:00:00

This 1920's Pullman-style train rolls from Cusco to Machu Picchu and provides a multi-course brunch, afternoon tea, and a four-course Andean dinner during the ride.

2011-05-19 13:31:30

Hiram L. Fong, a son of illiterate Chinese immigrants who overcame poverty to become a millionaire businessman and the first Asian-American elected to the U.S. Senate, died at his home in Honolulu, Hawaii, on Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2004. He was 97.

2004-08-19 00:00:00

Hiram Bingham IV served as a diplomat during World War II.

2001-09-26 15:34:41