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A review by sassydrpepperqueen
Lost City of the Incas by Hiram Bingham
3.0
The first part of the book (containing the history of the Incas and reason for exploring their lands) was very interesting. Part two: the search isn't very captivating. Basically it's a travel log. While Bingham does his best to describe each hill and valley, it would be more beneficial if I was watching this on the discovery channel. Even though I've been to a couple of these places, I find myself lost and wondering if I can drudge through the rest of the book to discover more about what Bingham discovered about the Incan society.
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"Above all, there is the fascination of finding here and there under swaying vines, or perched on top of a beetling crag, the rugged masonry of a bygone race; and of trying to understand the bewildering romance of the ancient builders who, ages ago, sought refuge in a region which appears to have been expressly designed by nature as a sanctuary for the oppressed, a place where they might fearlessly and patiently give expression to their passion for walls of enduring beauty. Space forbids any attempt to describe in detail the constantly changing panorama, the rank tropical foliage, the countless terraces, the towering cliffs, the glaciers peeping out between the clouds."
"What a prodigious amount of patient effort had to be employed! Altogether the artistic workmanship is superb and must be seen to be appreciated. My photographs do not do it justice."
"Here concealed in a canyon of remarkable grandeur, protected by nature and by the hand of man, the "Virgins of the Sun," one by one passed away on this beautiful mountain top and left no descendants willing to reveal the importance or explain the significance of the ruins which crown the beetling precipices of Machu Picchu."
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"Above all, there is the fascination of finding here and there under swaying vines, or perched on top of a beetling crag, the rugged masonry of a bygone race; and of trying to understand the bewildering romance of the ancient builders who, ages ago, sought refuge in a region which appears to have been expressly designed by nature as a sanctuary for the oppressed, a place where they might fearlessly and patiently give expression to their passion for walls of enduring beauty. Space forbids any attempt to describe in detail the constantly changing panorama, the rank tropical foliage, the countless terraces, the towering cliffs, the glaciers peeping out between the clouds."
"What a prodigious amount of patient effort had to be employed! Altogether the artistic workmanship is superb and must be seen to be appreciated. My photographs do not do it justice."
"Here concealed in a canyon of remarkable grandeur, protected by nature and by the hand of man, the "Virgins of the Sun," one by one passed away on this beautiful mountain top and left no descendants willing to reveal the importance or explain the significance of the ruins which crown the beetling precipices of Machu Picchu."