In Search of...
Inca Treasures
TV Flash files “Inca Treasures” as hour 23 of 152 in the TV Flash guide — In Search of... (1977–1982) on Syndicated, season 1, episode 23, aired 1977-08-11, 30 min.
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How this hour is filed
This leaf is S01E23: listed hour 23 of 152 in the In Search of... guide, hour 23 of 24 in season 1. It aired 1977-08-11 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “Voodoo” (S01E22). Next is “The Magic of Stonehenge” (S01E24).
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Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Inca Treasures: Camera crews accompany a Peruvian excavation party in quest of a great Inca city believed lost for 300 years.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Inca Treasures sit in the In Search of... guide?
S01E23 is listed hour 23 of 152 — hour 23 of 24 in season 1, season 1 episode 23.
When did In Search of... S01E23 air?
Inca Treasures aired 1977-08-11 and is listed at 30 minutes.
Is this a skeptical documentary?
It investigates with serious tone and does not require a closed answer. Nimoy's calm is the gravitas; the hypothesis can stay open.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Leonard Nimoy narrates Bigfoot, Atlantis, and every late-night rabbit hole with Spock-grade calm. Syndicated paranormal documentary as mass habit, occult-chic 1970s meeting proto-cable mystery television. The voice, the grainy reenactments, and the pleasure of a hypothesis that never has to close.
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- Leonard Nimoy as Narrator / Host
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