Stephen Hostetler created this podcast as an honors project in Spring 2019 for Anthropology 363 - Rise of Civilization. He discusses the mythos surrounding the world-famous Incan site of Machu Picchu, how it has been interpreted in the past, and how it is being reinterpreted with modern research.

Citations:

Burger, Richard L., and Salazar-Burger, Lucy

   1993  Machu Picchu Rediscovered: The Royal Estate In The Cloud Forest. Discovery 24(2):1-12 

Magli, Giulio

   2010  At the Other End of the Sun’s Path: A New Interpretation of Machu Picchu. Nexus Network Journal 12:321-341. 

Reinhard, Johan, and Ceruti, Constanza

   2005  Sacred Mountains, Ceremonial Sites, and Human Sacrifice Among the Inca. Archaeoastronomy 19:1-43. 

Shullenberger, Geoffrey

   2008 That obscure object of desire: Machu Picchu as myth and commodity. Journal of Latin American Cultural Studies 17:317-333

(media sources)

History - https://css.history.com/topics/machu-picchu

National Geographic - https://www.nationalgeographic.com/archaeology-and-history/archaeology/machu-picchu-mystery/