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Sacsayhuam - The Best-Kept Secret of the Incas


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Daphna
- 76 days ago - hottnez.com
Sacsayhuaman, alternatively called Saksaq Waman, is an ancient Inca ruin at an altitude of 3,701 meters. It is a walled complex laden with mystery near the old city of Cusco, Peru. The immense fortress was built by huge stone blocks weighing upto 300 to
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Ralph Sutton (49)
Sunday October 4, 2009, 7:41 pm
Amazing, but their estimate of the construction time falls into the same category as the construction of the Great Pyramid of Egypt. They would have had to work 7 days a week, 24 hours a day to complete it in only 60 years with the technology they are attributing to the Incas. The logistics for providing housing, food and water for that size workforce at that altitude is also unrealistic and it is those factors that make this achievement so remarkable.
 

mary f. (78)
Monday October 5, 2009, 4:26 am
amazing
 
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