Peru 2009/2010
Peru Dec 09/Jan 10:
Read More- 5 days in Cuzco
- 1 day Sacred Valley Tour
- 4 day Trek on the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu
- 4 days in Lima
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The knobs in these stones were carved out by the Incas for a functional purpose. Basically, if stones that large and heavy were to lay on flat on the ground, it would be impossible to lift or move them. The knobs provided a space between the stone and the ground so that it could be lifted, rolled, or leveraged (no one really knows how the Inca's moved the stones). After constructing the walls, the knobs when then be sanded smooth. This site was still unfinished when the Spaniards came and conquered the city.
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