Word: pachacuti
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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According to Bingham, Machu Picchu was in reality the Tampu-Tocco ("Window Tavern") of pre-Inca legend, a mountain fortress maintained by the kings of the Amautas, who ruled the highlands of the Andes for 62 generations. The last king, Pachacuti VI, was mortally wounded in a battle with barbarian tribes of the Amazon jungles, probably in the 8th century A.D., and his body was carried by his loyal warriors to Tampu-Tocco. With the death of Pachacuti, the widespread kingdom of the Amautas broke into pieces...
Manco Capac called himself Inca (King) and was the first ruler of the greatest nation the continent had ever known. According to the 17th century Inca chronicler, Pachacuti Yamqui Salcamayhua, when Manco Capac had consolidated his power, "he ordered works to be executed at the place of his birth, consisting of a masonry wall with three windows." The only such wall yet found is in Machu Picchu...
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