Show beatch for or Tic asure in in Pre prehistoric histo c runs ruins any ui tit a valley pill culled led the que br bridei ida of if hurien on oil the border land if fire aro the prehistoric ruins mine of aih sra et standing on a high steep mountain mount nIn overlooking I 1 he river far biow strange and fascinating lege legends lols cling to tills this Hat indent town of lite hie dead often treasure hunters have disturb oo its slum slumbers beis in ili their arduous quests long neo ago when the people of tilcara tillara liiri cd a chief aliey I 1 hey covered his face with a golden brinsk I 1 wished if possible to obtain a memento of my visit so I 1 took tonic a guide orli nihed fur far up the steep frail to the file ruins and looted looked for graves most hinst of tile alic dailies hereabouts are very superstitious they will not go EO near the dead towns as they call the lie runs ruins they hey say bay that alq ster or may overtake take anyone who med ined riles dies with ancient graves with kiili them the fear atar of snell misfortunes Is ally above the lure of lost treasures but my guide was an exception lie he located the graves by stamping on tile lie ground if it sounded bollow ile he would bore into the sandy soil boil walh till a thin iteen rod about five feet long in tills his way we found sei teral graves shaped like old fasli luned straw beehives the dead were hurled doubled up in a sitting position The graves usually cont contained a fe few iv pots probably filled with too food and coen coca leaves when placed there we also found tools and drinking drin Line hing pups cups with the dead men A F 1 frely in the national geographic blaga magazine |