Under the Temple of the Sun there is a small cave know as the “Royal Tomb”; it was named by Bingham believing it could shelter the mummy of a  Cusquenian  nobleman or possibly that of an Inca.
Under the Temple of the Sun there is a small cave know as the “Royal Tomb”; it was named by Bingham believing it could shelter the mummy of a Cusquenian nobleman or possibly that of an Inca. © Dennis G. Jarvis, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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