Luke Caverns
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Yeah, somebody went up to it in the middle of the night, like a drunk tourist, and started hitting it with a hammer, the 12-sided stone, which is like the most sacred stone in Cusco.
Yeah, somebody went up to it in the middle of the night, like a drunk tourist, and started hitting it with a hammer, the 12-sided stone, which is like the most sacred stone in Cusco.
Yeah, okay, so you see this long, the stone of the 12 angles, that one right there in the middle? That stone is in that alley right there. If you could find it, but, you know, I'll send it to you.
Yeah, okay, so you see this long, the stone of the 12 angles, that one right there in the middle? That stone is in that alley right there. If you could find it, but, you know, I'll send it to you.
Yeah, okay, so you see this long, the stone of the 12 angles, that one right there in the middle? That stone is in that alley right there. If you could find it, but, you know, I'll send it to you.
yeah yeah yeah that's what's so weird about it like look at this stupid house that's falling apart that's on top of these ancient stones yeah it's it's crazy man it's uh it's an amazing place you'll walk around and just be consistently stunned by the amount of stone work that's there and what they are able to achieve and this kind of cyclopean stone work where the stones all have these you know no two stones are exactly alike um
yeah yeah yeah that's what's so weird about it like look at this stupid house that's falling apart that's on top of these ancient stones yeah it's it's crazy man it's uh it's an amazing place you'll walk around and just be consistently stunned by the amount of stone work that's there and what they are able to achieve and this kind of cyclopean stone work where the stones all have these you know no two stones are exactly alike um
yeah yeah yeah that's what's so weird about it like look at this stupid house that's falling apart that's on top of these ancient stones yeah it's it's crazy man it's uh it's an amazing place you'll walk around and just be consistently stunned by the amount of stone work that's there and what they are able to achieve and this kind of cyclopean stone work where the stones all have these you know no two stones are exactly alike um
You see that stonework in one place in Egypt, which is at the Valley Temple next to the Sphinx. And you don't see that, as far as I know, recreated anywhere else. But in Peru, it's everywhere.
You see that stonework in one place in Egypt, which is at the Valley Temple next to the Sphinx. And you don't see that, as far as I know, recreated anywhere else. But in Peru, it's everywhere.
You see that stonework in one place in Egypt, which is at the Valley Temple next to the Sphinx. And you don't see that, as far as I know, recreated anywhere else. But in Peru, it's everywhere.
Yeah, so that's kind of a repaired wall. You can see that it fell apart and they put it back up. But these are mortarless buildings. Oh, hey, if you go just one below the one that you're at right now, so this is the Temple of the Moon at Machu Picchu. Look at the size of the stone wall. That's one stone on the lower part of it.
Yeah, so that's kind of a repaired wall. You can see that it fell apart and they put it back up. But these are mortarless buildings. Oh, hey, if you go just one below the one that you're at right now, so this is the Temple of the Moon at Machu Picchu. Look at the size of the stone wall. That's one stone on the lower part of it.
Yeah, so that's kind of a repaired wall. You can see that it fell apart and they put it back up. But these are mortarless buildings. Oh, hey, if you go just one below the one that you're at right now, so this is the Temple of the Moon at Machu Picchu. Look at the size of the stone wall. That's one stone on the lower part of it.
And you can see that the size of the stones that are together, as earthquakes have rattled the city, the wall still kind of holds together. It bends and holds together, completely mortarless. It's just fascinating. And on top of that, Machu Picchu itself... 60% of the megalithic construction work is in the foundation of Machu Picchu. So it's underneath what you're seeing.
And you can see that the size of the stones that are together, as earthquakes have rattled the city, the wall still kind of holds together. It bends and holds together, completely mortarless. It's just fascinating. And on top of that, Machu Picchu itself... 60% of the megalithic construction work is in the foundation of Machu Picchu. So it's underneath what you're seeing.
And you can see that the size of the stones that are together, as earthquakes have rattled the city, the wall still kind of holds together. It bends and holds together, completely mortarless. It's just fascinating. And on top of that, Machu Picchu itself... 60% of the megalithic construction work is in the foundation of Machu Picchu. So it's underneath what you're seeing.
And there are areas that are roped off where you can go down like underneath the city, but it's all roped off and I don't know a lot about it. I got a little bit of a photo of where you can go down into these, I think they're like man-made labyrinths that are underneath the city, but there's a lot more there. And so when you're there, you just get this, like, intrigue.
And there are areas that are roped off where you can go down like underneath the city, but it's all roped off and I don't know a lot about it. I got a little bit of a photo of where you can go down into these, I think they're like man-made labyrinths that are underneath the city, but there's a lot more there. And so when you're there, you just get this, like, intrigue.
And there are areas that are roped off where you can go down like underneath the city, but it's all roped off and I don't know a lot about it. I got a little bit of a photo of where you can go down into these, I think they're like man-made labyrinths that are underneath the city, but there's a lot more there. And so when you're there, you just get this, like, intrigue.