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Historians say explorers got it wrong: It's not Machu Picchu, it's Huayna Picchu

A Peruvian historian and an American archeologist say the site's re-discoverer was given bad information when he arrived at the ancient Incan ruins — and we've all been going along with it.
The Inca citadel known as Machu Picchu is pictured with the Huayna Picchu mountain in the background.

Peru's Machu Picchu is more than 600 years old and yet, experts continue to learn new things about the iconic archeological site.

Last year, researchers discovered the ancient Incan city is at least 30 years older. Now, it turns out that we may be calling it by the wrong name.

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