Reinhard: Machu Picchu was probably abandoned or began to be abandoned already before the Spanish came, and that’s because around 1525 there was a civil war. After the Spanish arrived seven years later, in 1532, the Inca deliberately burned the forest around Machu Picchu. They burned it because the foliage re-grows and completely covers it and made it virtually impassable.
莱因哈德:在西班牙人来之前,马丘比丘就可能已经被遗弃或即将被放弃,这是因为1525年左右有一个内战。西班牙人到达后七年后的1532年,印加人故意烧了马丘比丘周围的森林。他们焚烧树叶,因为它重新增长和完全覆盖它,使它几乎不可逾越。