Machu Picchu facts

1 In the Quechua Indian language, “Machu Picchu” means “Old Peak” or “Old Mountain.”

2 Machu Picchu is made up of more than 150 buildings ranging from baths and houses to temples and sanctuaries

3  The compound contains more than 100 separate flights of stairs. Most of the individual staircases were carved from one slab of stone

4 Machu Picchu was only known locally until Yale Professor Hiram Bingham re-discovered the site in 1911. His book, The Lost City of the Incas, was based on his findings.

5 English or Spanish, the first 'c' in Picchu is silent.