S5, Ep2 The lost city of Machu Picchu
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What would it be like to discover a whole city hiding in the cloud forest?
This podcast – for parents and their children – tells the thrilling story of the rediscovery of Machu Picchu, the Andean citadel built by the Incas in 1400.
For hundreds of years, it was covered in undergrowth and known only to local people in a small corner of Peru. Then the American adventurer, Hiram Bingham, found it in 1911. The extraordinary mountaintop city has now been designated one of the New Seven Wonders of the World.
Narrated by Jamie Chetwood
Script by Henrietta McMicking
Produced by Camilla Akers-Douglas
Sound editing by Lou Sawdy
Theme music by James Burrell Music
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