The video argues that up to 60% of the Inca work at Sacsayhuamán formed an underground water-management system of sand-and-gravel filters, deep channels and catch basins. It says the esplanade filtered water into the Saphi and Tullumayo river courses beneath Cusco. Available sources document Ken Wright’s civil-engineering research on Inca hydrology, especially at Machu Picchu, but not these Sacsayhuamán claims.
Video argues Sacsayhuamán had an underground hydraulic system
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- The video attributes to American civil engineer Kenneth R. Wright a claim that up to 60% of the Inca construction at Sacsayhuamán was underground water-management work.
- It describes sand-and-gravel filters, deep channels and catch basins beneath the esplanade.
- It says filtered water entered the river courses associated with Saphi and Tullumayo in modern Cusco.
- Available sources confirm Wright’s work on Inca hydrology, particularly at Machu Picchu, but do not substantiate the claimed Sacsayhuamán survey, 60% estimate or mapped network.
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