Abahambi beeRivekisi banokutyelela iMachu Picchu eLima, ePeru
I-Machu Picchu yindawo engummangaliso kakhulu ye-Incan indawo eMzantsi Melika. Leli qa lasela iPeruvian "ISixeko esilahlekileyo se-Incas" siye saqhakraza iimbali zamandulo malunga nekhulu leminyaka. Ngaphandle kwendawo ekhangelekayo kwi-Andes, iMachu Picchu inomdla kubavubukuli kunye neembali-mlando kuba ayibhaliweyo kwiyiphi na imbali yamandulo yabanqobi baseSpeyin. Intlanzi yaseSpain yayisa inkunzi yaseCunco i-Incan kwaye yafudusa isihlalo samandla ogwini lwaseLima.
Kwiingxelo zabo, abaqhankqalazi bathetha ezinye izixeko ezininzi ze-Incan, kodwa kungekhona iMachu Picchu . Ngoko ke, akukho mntu oqinisekileyo ukuba yintoni umsebenzi owenziwe kwisixeko.
Imvelaphi kunye neMbali ye-Machu Picchu
U-Machu Picchu wayaziwa ngamafama ambalwa kuphela asePeruvia ukuya ngowe-1911, xa umbhali-mlando waseMelika ogama lakhe linguHiram Bingham wayephantse ekhunjulwe kuwo ngelixa efuna idolophu elahlekileyo yaseVilcabamba. I-Bingham ifumene izakhiwo ezininzi zityalo. Wayecinga ukuba okokuqala wayifumene neVilcabamba, kwaye ubuyele ngokuphindaphindiweyo amaxesha amaninzi ukumba kwindawo leyo kwaye uzame ukulungisa iingcamango zakhe. I-Vilcabamba yafunyanwa kamva ibe yinto engaphezulu kwi-jungle. Kuwo wonke ama-1930 no-1940, abavubukuli basePeru naseUnited States baqhubeka behlutha ihlathi kwiindawo ezibhubhisayo, kwaye emva koko iindwendwe zazama ukucombulula imfihlakalo ye-Machu Picchu. Kwiminyaka engaphezu kwe-100 kamva sisazi kakhulu malunga nomzi. Ukucinga kwangoku kukuba i-Incas sele ishiye iMachu Picchu ngaphambi kokuba iSpanishi ifike ePeru.
Oku kuya kuchaza ukuba kutheni iingxelo zeSpain zingayithethi. Into eqinisekile. I-Machu Picchu inemihlaba emininzi yemigangatho eneempawu zamatye ephakamileyo ephakamileyo emele ukuba yayiyindawo ebalulekileyo yesikhokelo kwinqanaba le-Incan. Ngokuthakazelisayo, ngo-1986 abavubukuli be-archaeologists bafumana isixeko esikhulu kunazo zonke iMachu Picchu ezintlanu kwiikhilomitha ezikumntla kwesi sixeko.
Baye bathi igama elithi "elitsha" isixeko saseMaranpampa (okanye iMandorpampa). Mhlawumbi uMaranpampa uya kunceda ukuxazulula imfihlakalo kaMachu Picchu. Okwangoku, iindwendwe kufuneka zifike kwizigqibo zazo malunga nenjongo yalo.
Indlela yokuya kwi-Machu Picchu
Ukufika ku-Machu Picchu kunokuba ngumxhesho "wokuzonwabisa". Uninzi lwabantu luya eMachu Picchu ngeendlela ezithandwayo - yibaleka kwiCuzco, uqeqeshe u-Aguas Calientes, kwaye uhambe ngebhasi kwiimitha ezili-5 zokugqibela. Isitimela sishiya i-Estación San Pedro eCuzco ngamaxesha amaninzi imihla ngemihla (kuxhomekeke kwixesha kunye nokufuna) ukuhamba ngeeyure ezintathu ukuya eAguas Calientes. Ezinye zeetroli zivakalisa, ezinye ziyeka amaninzi ngeendlela. Isitimela sendawo singathabatha iiyure ezintlanu ukwenza uhambo. Imiphefumlo enentliziyo ethe xaxa inokunyuka i-Inca Trail, eyona ndlela eyaziwayo kakhulu eMzantsi Melika. Abaxhasi bafanele ukucwangcisa iintsuku ezintathu okanye ezine ukuze bahambe ngeekhilomitha ezingama-33 (>> i-20 miles) indlela ngenxa yokuphakama okuphakamileyo kunye neendlela eziphakamileyo. Abanye batyelela iMachu Picchu kwindlela yokutyelela umhlaba ebandakanya ixesha eCuzco , eLima, kunye ne-Sacred Valley.
Enye inqaku elongezelelweyo kulabo bahamba eMachu Picchu. Esi sixeko siye saba yindawo ehamba phambili ekutyekhenkethi kwimizuzu embalwa edlulileyo, kodwa ukutyekela kwayo kubeka ingozi kwindawo ejikeleze iMachu Picchu.
Uphuhliso olungakhethiweyo luyilo, kunye ne-UNESCO ibeke iMachu Picchu kwiluhlu lwayo lweeNgcaciso zeHlabathi zeMhlaba ngo-1998. Ngethemba ukuba amagosa karhulumente angayifumana indlela yokugcina le ndawo ebalulekileyo yenkcubeko / yezinto zakudala. Okwangoku, abo batyelelayo mabahlonele ukubaluleka kwesiza kwaye bazame ukuqinisekisa ukuba akenzi nto ukuqhubekisa indawo.