Mr. G. A. Dorsey delivered a most interesting lecture in the Peabody Museum yesterday afternoon on the Necropolis of ancon, Peru.
The Necropolis of Ancon, said Mr. Dorsey, stands in the midst of a vast rolling plain. The city itself covers about 200 acres. The first mention we find of the existence of such a place is in a book written in 1753 by an explorer and traveller in South America, in which we see that in the centre of Peru there was a town of about 500 inhabitants called Ancon. In 1748 the name Lancon was printed on a map of Peru made in France. This was probably a corruption of La Ancon. Ever since this time there have been frequent references to the city in books and on maps. In 1868 the Lima railroad was built through Ancon, and the town at once became of some prominence. Explorations of the old settlement at once began, and have been continued ever since. Even now new graves and interesting relics are constantly being discovered.
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