INCA CITY
REPORTED ACCIDENTAL -DIS-i co.very ,;-;s
United Press Association—By Eleotrii Telegraph—Copyright. • • • <•.'; v ' Australian Press Association r , LIMA (Peru), Bth August. ~' - ■ . The accidental discovery by! a:,sciefn-. " tilic expedition exploring -the town' of--Macchupiccbo, of Inca City, where “ho L white man has ever been known, to .‘set- - foot, is reported in a telegram from’the', prefect of the Department of Cuzco; to V. President Leguia. From the windows oL the Place Inca Astronomical Observatory, one “of the explorers saw with B binoculars, on the top of Tuainapiccho mountain, wells and the ; platform-of another town, whose existence, was. .unknown. It was thought that no whi% * rhan had ever set foot there, sincetbo'.' mountain was surrounded by : a ddfep ravine. • * - -, ’ The sides are extremely steep for-sc£l:,/, • ing (without careful preparation. ' j, ’(.VA • i The explorers say, the town disappeared at the same time as the Inca • Empire was wrecked by the Spanish conquerors,.-.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXI, 9 August 1928, Page 5
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149INCA CITY Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXI, 9 August 1928, Page 5
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