Saturday, July 10, 2010

Stone Structure


The stone work used in the building of the temple is unbelievable. There is no mortar used here. All these blocks are finely cut and interlocking. One guide had told us that they would make these cuts by chiseling out a small hole, then sticking a piece of wood in the hole, add water and sand then as the wood expanded, it would crack the rock. Maybe that was done by some but it seems to slow of a process to have been used for all these cuts.

inca stone cutting

inca boulders

smooth peru cuts

peru tours
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