ArchaeologyMachu Picchu, the 15th-century Inca citadel perched at 7,970 feet in the Peruvian Andes, was unknown to the outside world until explorer Hiram Bingham stumbled upon it in <hl>1911</hl>. It had been hidden by jungle for nearly 400 years.SrcNational Geographic
Next evidence →The Lascaux Cave paintings in France, discovered in 1940, are roughly 17,000 years old and depict over 600 animals in vivid detail. The cave was sealed in 1963 because visitors' breath was damaging the art.
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