traveller s tale until  the  British  Chartered  Company  
 took possession of the  country  and  enabled  research  
 to  be  satisfactorily  made.  Nevertheless  to  Karl  
 Mauch is distinctly due the honour of  being  the first  
 to investigate the ruins  in modern  times. 
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