| Unearth Mysterious Preuvian City - Cahuachi | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 1710 |
| Catalog #: | 362123 | |
| Clip Number: | 362123-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 036-035-04 | |
| Timecode: | 00:16:32 - 00:17:50 | |
| Location: | Peru | |
| Year Shot: | 1963 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | LANDMARKS: Machu Picchu LOCATIONS/SOUTH AMERICA: Mountains, Andes LOCATIONS/SOUTH AMERICA: Peru, Machu Picchu SCIENCE: Archaeology, Artifacts SCIENCE: Archaeology, Human Remains SCIENCE: Archaeology, Prehistoric Stone Monument SCIENCE: Archaeology, Ruins | |
| Description: | Unearth Mysterious Peruvian City - An ancient center of civilization is discovered high in the Andes. It has traces of Inca, Aztec and even Egyptian culture and scientists are probing the mystery. Peru Aerial of truck & car driving along deserted stretch of road in the Peruvian Sechura / Nazca Desert. POVs driving through high elevation desert landscape. Aerial shot of the newly discover site of Cahuachi. GV pan desert landscape, pan to MS skull with some of its long dark hair on it coming out of the ground. CUS - Another skull with a good size hole perfectly round and a smaller oblong hole on the top of the forehead. MOHS - This top half of a skeleton that is partially wrapped like a mummy, the head, neck, shoulder blades, arms and rib cage. MOHS a pile of mummy wrappings that have been unearthed. MCUS scientists carefully unwrapping a mummy. Several aerial shot of the Nazca lines. Aerial shot of Nazca design in the earth that looks like a humming bird. Aerial shot of Nazca design in the earth that resembles a condor or thunderbird. GV Stone arches. CU relief artwork chiseled in the arches. The narrator mentions that there is a touch of Inca, Aztec and American influence in the artwork on the arches. Various shots of woman holding pottery found at the site. | |
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