The principal temple had 12 ft walls with exquisite niches. One stone block had 32 angles - surpassing even the famous twelve-angled stone in Cusco. Weighing 10-15 tons each, the blocks outmatched Egyptian stonemasonry on a 1:1 scale. Every staircase served a practical purpose.
Sacred Plaza and principal temple megalithic architecture
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- The principal temple had walls 12 ft high with exquisitely made niches
- Blocks in the lower course weighed from 10 to 15 tons each
- One stone had 32 angles, compared to the famous 14-angle stone in Cusco
- The city was intentionally designed to appear emerging from the earth itself
- The construction outmatched most Egyptian stonemasonry on a 1:1 scale
- No symbolic staircases were found, unlike sites around Cusco and Tiwanaku
- Every staircase served a practical function
- The city's natural fortifications included a narrow razor-edge footpath 1,500 ft above a cliff
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The Twelve Angled Stone in Cusco: A Must-See Inca Wondermachutravelperu.com
The design includes approximately 12 angles that fit perfectly into the adjacent wall. This majestic stone was laid by the Incas more than ...
Twelve-angled stone - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org
The twelve-angled stone is an archeological artifact in Cusco, Peru. It was part of a stone wall of an Inca palace, and is considered to be a national heritage ...
The Twelve-Angled Stone in Cusco - Atlas Obscuraatlasobscura.com
Fashioned out of green diorite, the twelve-angled stone is part of the Lienzo Pétreo wall, an inward leaning wall that encircles the now-destroyed Palace of ...
Man Vandalizes Famed 12-Angled Stone, an Inca Engineering ...smithsonianmag.com
An intoxicated man in Cusco, Peru, has defaced a historic Inca artifact known as the 12-angled stone. The carved rock is a piece of a wall ...
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