Cuzco: America's Ancient Mecca 



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A STATIONARY SHRINE IN A CUZCO STREET 



On feast days hundreds of these shrines adorn the streets and are visited by processions 

 of priests, followed by Indians full of the native drink Chicha. These shrines are often simply 

 bed spreads with spangles. 



to watch the building of the fort, but 

 legends and opinions of archaeologists do 

 not agree. It is a question whether 

 Sacsahuaman was built by Inca rulers 

 following Manco Capac or by a pre- 

 Incasic people between the Tiahuanaco 

 and Inca periods. 



At this late day there is a newly awak- 

 ened desire among the Peruvians to pre- 

 serve and cherish within their own do- 



main the relics of their forefathers. A 

 law has been passed to the effect that no 

 more Inca treasures shall leave the coun- 

 try. There is a private museum in Cuzco, 

 which we visited. The Colonial exhibit 

 is most interesting, including swords 

 of the conquistador es, silver stirrups, 

 trappings, and ornaments of all kinds, so 

 plentiful in vice-regal days when thou- 

 sands of the conquered Indians slaved 



