Dundee explorer's search for 'lost city' of Paititi

A Dundee student is going on a quest to find a legendary Incan city of gold that has been eluding explorers for hundreds of years.

Ken Gawne, from Northern Ireland, will be part of a four-man team searching for Paititi on a journey through remote Peruvian rainforest.

According to legend, Paititi is where the Incas hid their treasures from the Spanish conquistadors.

The explorers will spend three weeks in Peru looking for the lost city. 

The trip is the latest in a series of adventures for Mr Gawne, 28, who has been on an expedition to China and crossed the Sahara Desert in west Africa - using the journeys to make an Indiana Jones tribute film called Treasure of the Templars.

The Dundee University psychology student said the plan to look for Paititi came from a conversation with his Norfolk-based team mate Ian Gardiner, who will be the expedition leader in Peru....