Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 22, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 January 1913 — PALACES ON PERU PLATEAU [ARTICLE]

PALACES ON PERU PLATEAU

Explorer Tells of Buried . Inca City Uncovered In Jungle—Had Trouble with Offiotals. New York. —Professor Hiram Bingham, head of the Yale Peruvian expedition, which has been conducting archaeiogical exploration work in the interior of Peru, reached New York with other members of the party from Colon. Professor Bingham said the exploration was conducted chiefly at. Machu Picchu, the burled Inca city, discovered on the previous expedition, which stands on a plateau surrounded by precipices two thousand feet In height The jungle was cleared away and more than one hundred burial caves were discovered. Ruins of baths, houses and palaces also were laid bare, and practically the entire city uncovered. Professor Bingham added that the jungle will soon cover them again, unless steps are taken by the Peruvian government to keep them open. "On this trip," said Professor Bingham, “we had a good deal of trouble with the Peruvian government On the two expeditions I had previously made into Peru I had no trouble at all, but the mlnistery had changed and those 1B power at present were not at all friendly to American exploration