Agustín Lizárraga was a Peruvian from Cusco who is considered the Official Discoverer of the archaeological complex of Machu Picchu.
It is known that in 1902 he discovered the remains of this place and that he had unsuccessful attempts to make it known to the world, as he did not have the support of the government of the day.
I think we have to go this way.
Nine years later, on July 24, 1911, Hiram Bingham arrived at Machu Picchu in search of Vilcabamba, the lost city of the Incas.
The world knowledge of Machu Picchu occurred in 1913 with the publication of an article in the National Geographic magazine.
This is incredible
Bingham was guided by a land tenant, Melchor Arteaga, and accompanied by a sergeant of the Peruvian civil guard surnamed Carrasco.
They found two families of peasants living there: the Recharte and the Álvarez, who used the southern platforms of the ruins to cultivate and drank water from an Inca canal that still worked and that brought water from a spring. Pablo Recharte, one of the children of Machu Picchu, guided Bingham towards the urban area of the citadel covered by brush.
This discovery helped us to learn more about the Incas such as their architecture and how their working system was, knowing that years after being discovered it was included among the 7 wonders of the modern world.