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Show Old Cities in Tier The Inca museum at Lima, Peru, has recently come Into possession of COO mummies of aboriginal Peruvians ! brought back by an expedlton to the Pisco region. From these and other discoveries It would seem that there was an advanced civilization in that part of the country long before the time of. Christ. Cities of different periods were found one built over the other, the" earlier ones having been buried. The expeditions also returned with a great wealth of embroidered em-broidered tapestries, beautifully decorated dec-orated pottery, some In the shapes of animals and serpents. One of a llama design showed five toes on the forefeet Instead of the present split hoof. Llama skeletons showing the same characteristic were' also discovered. |