Incas unwrapped. (Documentary).(National Geographic to launch video)(Brief Article)

Video Business, April, 2002 by Frankel, Daniel

National Geographic is revisiting an old mystery in May. The 60-minute Inca Mummies: Secrets of a Lost World, available May 2l (prebook April 23; VHS $19.98), documents three different National Geographic expeditions into the Vilcabamba territory in southeastern Peru in search of the last stand of an extinct South American civilization.

Rich with 500-year-old mummies, structures and treasure--the remains of an amazingly advanced people who managed to fend off the invading Spaniards for 40 years--the title includes footage of the nonprofit science and exploration organizations earlier Inca expeditions, which made national headlines, Also included is documentary footage of an ongoing expedition that National Geographic won't even release details about right...

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