Its the dream of any explorer,and most schoolboys,tooneday bring tolight anamazingcivilization, ashipwreck buried beneath thewavesoreven alost city. This dreamcametrue for the Yale University lecturer (later Professor) Hiram Bingham, the man who made the Inca ruins of Machu Picchuinto a household name. Although other people are thought to have discoveredthe ruinsbefore Bingham, it was this lanky,tenaciousacademicwho made themfamous with his three expeditions between 1911 and 1915totheforestsofsoutheasternPeru. His bookThe Lost City of the Incas becameaninstant bestseller andhe is thought tohave been themodel forthe character ofIndiana Jones. HIRAMBINGHAM "In thevariety ofits charms and the power ofits spell, Iknowofno place in theworld whichcan compare with it. Hiram Bingham on MachuPicchu, in The Lost City ofthe Incas