Ancon

Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 1: A to Beaufort, p. 259

Ancon, a modern watering place and ancient burying-ground in Peru, on the coast, 35 miles NW. of Lima. For the mummies and other remains, see Reiss and Stübel (trans. by Keane, 1880-87).

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