partially clear the 

 ruins and make such 

 a map as was possi- 

 ble in the time at 

 their disposal. The 

 result of this work 

 confirmed me in my 

 belief that here lay a 

 unique opportunity 

 for extensive clear- 

 ing and excavating. 

 The fact that one 

 of the most impor- 

 tant buildings was 

 marked by three 

 large windows, a 

 rare feature in Pe- 

 ruvian architecture, 

 and that many of the 

 other buildings had 

 windows, added to 

 the significant cir- 

 cumstance that the 

 city was located in 

 the most inaccessible 

 part of the Andes, 

 inclined me to feel 

 that there was a 

 chance that Alachu 

 Picchu might prove 

 to be Tampu Tocco, 

 that mythical place 

 from which the In- 

 cas had come when 

 they started out to 

 found Cuzco and to 

 make the beginnings 

 of that great empire 

 which was to em- 

 brace a large part of 

 South America. 



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A story told to 

 some of the early 

 Spanish chroniclers 

 in regard to that 

 distant historical 

 event runs some- 

 what as follows : 



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 years ago there lived 

 in the highlands of 

 Peru a megalithic 

 folk who develo])cd 

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