Word: machu
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...places, that seem to have been especially popular with the students, had curious Inca names over their portals, such as "Gualdophi" and "Karelos", which are untranslatable, but seem to have been proper names. "Gualdophi", strangely enough, was also the name of an exclusive inn in the nearby city of Machu Picchu. One of the more unusual places of this kind was a sort of underground cave, below a curious structure that seems to have been a temple to the God of wine...
...conclusion of wild rice were the chief articles noted in their parchment menus. Oddly enough, we have one piece of concrete evidence--a petrified cake, apparently as fresh as on the day it was served. Cordially yours, J. BEATH-DUNCAN, With the University of Nueva Barcelona Peruvian Expedition, Near Machu Picchu, Peru, January...
...Near Machu Picchu, Peru, December...
...Cabrera, to whom I made reference in my first letter--who ascertained much of their knowledge from the surviving Incas themselves. This is the explanation of the written language, and will be authenticated, I believe, by Hiram Bingham, who you will remember made the earlier expedition and unearthed Machu Picchu...
...Near Machu Picchu, Peru, December...