USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Many modern-day archaeologists now believe that Machu Picchu served as a royal estate for Inca emperors and nobles. Others have theorized that it was a religious site, pointing to its proximity to mountains and other geographical features that the Incas held sacred.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Temple of the Sun at Machu Picchu served a special purpose to the ancient Incans. The Temple of the Sun, or Templo Del Sol, was a sacred temple built by the Inca for ceremonies to pay tribute and give offerings to the sun.

Detailed explanation-3: -It is known that Machu Picchu was a sacred place where the Incas worshiped their gods, but that would not have been the only use that gave the Inca City; it is known that was also used as a kind of retreat for the Inca Pachacutec and his family.

Detailed explanation-4: -Most recent archaeologists believe that Machu Picchu was constructed as an estate for the Inca emperor Pachacuti (1438–1472). The Incas built the estate around 1450 but abandoned it a century later, at the time of the Spanish conquest.

Detailed explanation-5: -But they keep going and in a few days reach Machu Picchu. NGA: Thanks to the intelligence he’d picked up, he couldn’t have been surprised that he found something on that mountaintop. But he-and everyone else-was shocked that what he found was so extraordinary, and that no record of it existed is historical records.