One of the many ruins in the Sacred Valley near Cuzco, Peru.
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This stone in Que'nko, Peru, was used for sacrifices. The blood filled the stone "bowl" and then flowed down the rivulet, carved out of the stone, to a drain below.
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Sacsayhuaman was an Incan temple site near Cuzco.
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The Inca people were fabulous stonemasons, as you can see from this doorway, built over 500 years ago in Cuzco, Peru. When the Spanish arrived they destroyed most Inca buildings, but preserved many of the stone foundations and built their own buildings on top of them.
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Incan stonework was unparalleled - you cannot slip a blade of grass between any of these perfectly chiseled stones. Because of the unusual patterns - the stones have up to twelve different faces - these walls have withstood repeated earthquakes that have leveled neighboring buildings built by the Spanish.
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