Timothy Alberino

It's an important city now. We don't know who again who built the city, could be Inca, could be from the Chachapoyas culture. But we did make the official discovery of that location, of that, what we call Tauripunku. What's it like walking into that? You know, everything's covered in vegetation. This is in the Andes. So it's not jungle, but it's not cloud forest either.

It's an important city now. We don't know who again who built the city, could be Inca, could be from the Chachapoyas culture. But we did make the official discovery of that location, of that, what we call Tauripunku. What's it like walking into that? You know, everything's covered in vegetation. This is in the Andes. So it's not jungle, but it's not cloud forest either.

It's an important city now. We don't know who again who built the city, could be Inca, could be from the Chachapoyas culture. But we did make the official discovery of that location, of that, what we call Tauripunku. What's it like walking into that? You know, everything's covered in vegetation. This is in the Andes. So it's not jungle, but it's not cloud forest either.

It's kind of an in-between zone. It's very wet. And so you see a lot of ruins that have been consumed by the forest. I mean, you have stone walls that are literally, have the roots of trees wrapped around them and growing on, full-grown trees growing on top of stone walls. There was no monumental architecture.

It's kind of an in-between zone. It's very wet. And so you see a lot of ruins that have been consumed by the forest. I mean, you have stone walls that are literally, have the roots of trees wrapped around them and growing on, full-grown trees growing on top of stone walls. There was no monumental architecture.

It's kind of an in-between zone. It's very wet. And so you see a lot of ruins that have been consumed by the forest. I mean, you have stone walls that are literally, have the roots of trees wrapped around them and growing on, full-grown trees growing on top of stone walls. There was no monumental architecture.

In other words, there was no megalithic structures at Tauripunku, but there was a lot of stone structures, different configurations of both rectangular and circular edifices. And it's the circular edifices that make us wonder if this is actually a Chachapoyin lost city. It's a lost city. And it's kind of surreal. Like you feel like you're in a movie when you're walking through there.

In other words, there was no megalithic structures at Tauripunku, but there was a lot of stone structures, different configurations of both rectangular and circular edifices. And it's the circular edifices that make us wonder if this is actually a Chachapoyin lost city. It's a lost city. And it's kind of surreal. Like you feel like you're in a movie when you're walking through there.

In other words, there was no megalithic structures at Tauripunku, but there was a lot of stone structures, different configurations of both rectangular and circular edifices. And it's the circular edifices that make us wonder if this is actually a Chachapoyin lost city. It's a lost city. And it's kind of surreal. Like you feel like you're in a movie when you're walking through there.

The problem is, A lot of these lost cities, as I said, are known to the locals. The locals have known about them for generations, but they don't tell anybody. But what this means is that they've been ransacked. So the first thing that happens when a site like this is discovered is people go looking for artifacts to sell. and they go looking for jewelry, bracelets, gold, silver, precious stones.

The problem is, A lot of these lost cities, as I said, are known to the locals. The locals have known about them for generations, but they don't tell anybody. But what this means is that they've been ransacked. So the first thing that happens when a site like this is discovered is people go looking for artifacts to sell. and they go looking for jewelry, bracelets, gold, silver, precious stones.

The problem is, A lot of these lost cities, as I said, are known to the locals. The locals have known about them for generations, but they don't tell anybody. But what this means is that they've been ransacked. So the first thing that happens when a site like this is discovered is people go looking for artifacts to sell. and they go looking for jewelry, bracelets, gold, silver, precious stones.

And so the sites get ransacked, especially if the huaqueros, the grave robbers catch wind of it, they'll go in and absolutely empty it out indiscriminately. And what that does is it destroys all of the archeological evidence that you would use to determine who built the place. Now, I'm not an archaeologist. I'm an explorer, researcher explorer. So is Anselm.

And so the sites get ransacked, especially if the huaqueros, the grave robbers catch wind of it, they'll go in and absolutely empty it out indiscriminately. And what that does is it destroys all of the archeological evidence that you would use to determine who built the place. Now, I'm not an archaeologist. I'm an explorer, researcher explorer. So is Anselm.

And so the sites get ransacked, especially if the huaqueros, the grave robbers catch wind of it, they'll go in and absolutely empty it out indiscriminately. And what that does is it destroys all of the archeological evidence that you would use to determine who built the place. Now, I'm not an archaeologist. I'm an explorer, researcher explorer. So is Anselm.

We did have some different individuals from different backgrounds on our team, but... You're always hoping to find artifacts. That's what you're really looking for. You're looking for pottery, you're looking for any kind of artifact that could help you identify the builder. And unfortunately, at Tauripunku, the place had been cleaned out.

We did have some different individuals from different backgrounds on our team, but... You're always hoping to find artifacts. That's what you're really looking for. You're looking for pottery, you're looking for any kind of artifact that could help you identify the builder. And unfortunately, at Tauripunku, the place had been cleaned out.

We did have some different individuals from different backgrounds on our team, but... You're always hoping to find artifacts. That's what you're really looking for. You're looking for pottery, you're looking for any kind of artifact that could help you identify the builder. And unfortunately, at Tauripunku, the place had been cleaned out.

And we were told that two mummies had been discovered there. or a series of mummies. A few mummies had been discovered and they were dressed in royal regalia. This is what we were told by the locals. They were dressed in royal regalia, they had gold and silver, and all of that was ransacked and removed.

And we were told that two mummies had been discovered there. or a series of mummies. A few mummies had been discovered and they were dressed in royal regalia. This is what we were told by the locals. They were dressed in royal regalia, they had gold and silver, and all of that was ransacked and removed.