Question

1. review the details below:

i) hiram bingham is generally said to have discovered machu picchu in 1911, but locals, including farmer melchor arteaga who led bingham there, were already aware of the incan ruins.
ii) some historians believe that german businessman augusto berns reached machu picchu four decades before hiram bingham visited the site.
iii) carl hananel wrote a letter to the new york times claiming that he had been to machu picchu with german explorer j. m. von hassel a year before hiram bingham arrived in the area.

1. choose the best topic sentence to introduce a paragraph containing these details:

a) archaeologists consider machu picchu one of the most important finds in south america.
b) the inca city machu picchu had been lost since ancient times until discovered by yale university professor hiram bingham.
c) just who should be credited with the discovery of machu picchu is the subject of some debate.

Explanation:

The provided details discuss competing claims about who first found Machu Picchu, contradicting the common attribution to Hiram Bingham alone. The first option focuses on the site's importance, not discovery claims. The second option only affirms Bingham's discovery, which conflicts with the other details. The third option directly addresses the debate over who deserves credit for the discovery, which matches all the supporting details.

Answer:

Just who should be credited with the discovery of Machu Picchu is the subject of some debate.