Ben van Kerkwyk
๐ค SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
They have all these other stories for it, like the giants built it is one of the explanations you work.
Yeah, this is a great example.
So this is the Intipunku, the Sun Gate.
So you see the difference.
You see that clear distinction in the architecture.
You have the megalithic stuff, and then you have the repair work on top, the cobblestone work.
And there's just, this is all, once you see this, you can't really unsee it as you go all over the Sacred Valley.
And some of these, this is small compared to the type of stuff you see in Saqsaywaman, where some of the blocks get up towards 200 tons, 150 plus tons, and all of the same type of stone.
Yeah, this is Tiwanaku.
And so, you know, there's this long history of unknown.
So in Egypt, you have this connection, a cultural connection.
You know, they have their kings list.
They talk about Zep Tepi.
They clearly have this connection to whatever builder culture was there.
I mean, it's part of their origin stories.
But in South America, you have something else happen.
Like, there's a big gap.
Like, you don't have โ the Inca don't have that precursor culture.
They came from the south.