NGS TO SEND EXPEDITION TO MEXICO TO UNCOVER RUINS OF CUICUILO
Washington, D.C. (JFK+50) On April 24, 1924, The Evening Star reports that the National Geographic Society* announced "the sending of an expedition to Mexico to uncover the oldest structure yet found on the American continent."
The Star says the ruins of Cuicuilo** "constitute the Pompeii of the world" and are estimated to be 8000 years old. Further explorations, like those previously conducted by Professor Byron Cummings, "may revolutionize our history of ancient America."
*NGS, headquartered in Washington, D.C., is one of the largest non-profit scientific & educational organizations in the world. NGS was founded in 1888.
**Cuicuilo is an archaeological site on the southern shore of Lake Texcoco in the SE valley of Mexico. It is the 1st important civic-religious center of the Mexican highlands.
***Byron G. Cummings (1860-1954) educated at Rutgers, The State University, SUNY Oswego & founding head of the Dept of Archaeology at the University of Arizona. BGC is known as the dean of southwestern archaeology.
SOURCE
"Explorers To Dig Up 8,000 Year-Old City," The Evening Star, Washington, D.C., April 24, 1924, Chronicling America, Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/
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