jManco had carried with him from 

 Cuzco great quantities of gold 

 utensils for use in his new capital. 



Personally I did not feel so 

 sure that the case was proven. 

 The ruins did not seem fine 

 enough for the Inca's residence. 

 Consequently I was very glad that 

 it was possible in 191 1 to cairy an 

 exploring expedition into the Vil- 

 cabamba Valley, and still more 

 delighted when we found interest- 

 ing ruins at a place called Rosas- 

 pata. 



Near Rosaspata was an extraor- 

 dinary monolith, called "Nusta 

 Espana." By reference to the 

 Spanish chroniclers, we found 

 that it was recorded that near 

 Vitcos, the last Inca capital, was 

 a temple of the Sun, in which was 

 a white rock over a spring of 

 water. Furthermore, that Vitcos 

 was on top of a high mountain, 

 from which a large part of the 

 surrounding region could be seen, 

 and, moreover, that in the palace 

 of Vitcos the doors, both ordinary 

 and principal, were of white mar- 

 ble, beautifully carved. 



WHY the; nusta espana is the; 



KEY TO THE IDENTIFICATION 

 OE VITCOS 



All of these points of descrip- 

 tion fitted the Rosaspata locality. 

 Within half a mile of Rosaspata 

 are the ruins of an ancient build- 

 ing which might have been the 

 temple of the Sun, and in which 

 is found a huge white rock, over- 

 hanging a spring of water (see 

 pictures, pages 550-554). The 

 ruins of Rosaspata are on top of 

 a conspicuously high hill, from 

 Avhich the view in all directions is 

 fine. 



Finally the ruins of Rosaspata, 

 unlike those of Machu Picchu 

 and Choqquequirau, are noticeable 

 because there are two kinds of 

 doors, ordinary and principal 

 ones, and that the door-posts are 

 made of stones carefully carved 

 out of white granite. (Strictly 

 speaking, there is no marble in 



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