Machu Picchu is formed of buildings, plazas, and platforms connected by narrow lanes or paths. One sector is cordoned off to itself by walls, ditches, and, perhaps, a moat—built, writes ...

Still, Bingham’s work at Machu Picchu did reintroduce the larger world ... temples designed to align with the movements of the sun, a royal tomb, a guard tower, thousands of stone steps, and ...