ET6-Lesson 3-G

Machu Picchu ........................... (construct) around 1450 at the height of the Inca Empire.

The Inca people ...................... (defeat) by the Spanish 100 years later.

Some Inca sites ....................... (destroy) by the Spanish.

Machu Picchu ............................(abandon) by the Incas.

Over the centuries, the ruins of Machu Picchu .................................... (hide) by thick forests.

The lost city of the Inca ..........................(forget) by the outside world.

In 1911, the ruins of Machu Picchu .......................(discover) by Hiram Bingham, a historian and

an explorer.

The wonders of Machu Picchu .......................... (describe) as absolute masterpieces of the Inca

civilization.

This historical site ................................. (choose) as a World Heritage Site in 1983.

On July 7th 2007, this place ...................... (vote) one of the New Seven Wonders of the World.