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The Living Stones of Sacsayhuaman (Sacsayhuaman (1.1 a citadel in Cusco,…
The Living Stones of Sacsayhuaman
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1.4 dry stone walls constructed of huge stones, cut carefully to fit together tightly without mortar
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1.1 a citadel in Cusco, Peru
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1.1.2 Inca's did not a have a script of their own so no written records of the civilization is available
1.1.1 Architectural sites include: Ollantaytambo, flying city of Machu Picchu, temples and palaces of Cusco, etc.
2.4 Stone Processing
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2.4.3 the stones were processed, tapped, hammered and surfaces were made abrasive
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2.3 The Tower,
the Lake and
the Huacas
2.3.2 big rock with hollows on its surface, blocked the entrance to a dungeon turning it to a reservior
2.3.3 Huacas means any place with manifestation of superior power, they contain rock with cuts on them and possess the following structure: multiple and mostly rectangular cuts and stairs imposed in a chaotic manner; one or few well-processed walls with corrugations; a cave with high quality cut and having several compartments; and a small land plot with images similar to snakes or curved river beds
2.3.1 foundation for three towers:
house of the Sun,
temple of the lightning, temple of
the rainbow and moon stars
2.3.1.1 one hypothesis is that the tower is a storage building for food, water tower, defensive fortress, other says it is a source of influence to the earth through telluric currents, while still others believe It to be a generator of subtle energies, etc.
2.5 Constructor's Script
2.5.1 storing of information was done through a system of measurement using nodules and braiding of the laces
2.2 The Megalythic Walls
2.2.3 Sacsayhuaman consists of three layers of zig zag walls made of megalyths (large boulders weighing hundreds of tons)
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2.2.5 the walls were made of limestone fixed together by dry-walling technique without any cement. Large megalyths made the corner stones which rested on the prepared foundations
2.2.1 structure of the walls included lining through polygonal masonry, inside filling consisting of rows of roughly processed boulders and clay
2.1 July 2012, Ministry of Culture of Peru invited a group of Russian geophysicists to research on the soil problems of archaeological complex of Sacsayhuaman
Credits:
Director: Igor ALEKSEEV
Producers: Igor ALEKSEEV, Evgeny EGOROV
Archaeologist: Louis Gevara
Production: OMBIO Films