Inca Masonry

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Here are shots I took of Inca masonry that I’d like to share from my trip to Peru in 2016.

Pisac

Pisac

Ruins between Pisac and Cuzco (tell me the name if you know it)

I believe this picture shows the extremity of an artifical pool, which would have been filled in order to serve the high priests of the Inca, who would use the enormous pool as a miror with which to gaze upon the stars.

Sacsayhuaman

Machu Pichu

Machu Pichu
Machu Pichu, a temple lower down in the city.

Ollantaytambo

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Traveller, musician Philosophy and mechanical engineering major

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  1. Pingback: The Inca, and the Mysterious Quipu – The Nico Lemay Blog

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