Luke Caverns

I think that if it were possible to be able to take these acids that, you know, we know that there are these acid deposits down in the Atacama Desert and that there are these Inca or ancient South American highways that lead off. They could be Wari. They could be, you know, the Inca built on top of the highways of the Wari Empire.

The Wari may have been building on top of the highways of an older empire. But you have these roads that go all the way down into the Chilean desert and then just fade into the desert. That's kind of where they end. why do they have this road that's going down there? Well, we know that there are these natural acid deposits that people were mining down there.

The Wari may have been building on top of the highways of an older empire. But you have these roads that go all the way down into the Chilean desert and then just fade into the desert. That's kind of where they end. why do they have this road that's going down there? Well, we know that there are these natural acid deposits that people were mining down there.

The Wari may have been building on top of the highways of an older empire. But you have these roads that go all the way down into the Chilean desert and then just fade into the desert. That's kind of where they end. why do they have this road that's going down there? Well, we know that there are these natural acid deposits that people were mining down there.

Now, the question is, what are they doing with these acids? We don't have a lot of evidence for that, as far as I'm aware. But it seems plausible and interesting to me, the possibility of bringing those back up to what we consider today the Inca realm. And rather than cutting and chiseling the stone away to fit perfectly with each other,

Now, the question is, what are they doing with these acids? We don't have a lot of evidence for that, as far as I'm aware. But it seems plausible and interesting to me, the possibility of bringing those back up to what we consider today the Inca realm. And rather than cutting and chiseling the stone away to fit perfectly with each other,

Now, the question is, what are they doing with these acids? We don't have a lot of evidence for that, as far as I'm aware. But it seems plausible and interesting to me, the possibility of bringing those back up to what we consider today the Inca realm. And rather than cutting and chiseling the stone away to fit perfectly with each other,

well what if you're able just to soften the edges of stones and then basically you know slide them smush them together and that creates these perfect seams that you see you know in the in these um i'm sure you did this as well but uh you know every time you can get a glimpse of the spaces between the stones almost always the the stones are fitted together all the way to the back you know or at least very very closely and on the out on the outside they're they're perfect

well what if you're able just to soften the edges of stones and then basically you know slide them smush them together and that creates these perfect seams that you see you know in the in these um i'm sure you did this as well but uh you know every time you can get a glimpse of the spaces between the stones almost always the the stones are fitted together all the way to the back you know or at least very very closely and on the out on the outside they're they're perfect

well what if you're able just to soften the edges of stones and then basically you know slide them smush them together and that creates these perfect seams that you see you know in the in these um i'm sure you did this as well but uh you know every time you can get a glimpse of the spaces between the stones almost always the the stones are fitted together all the way to the back you know or at least very very closely and on the out on the outside they're they're perfect

Yeah, so right here. So yeah, I just think that the idea of them being able to soften the edges of the stones and then slide the stones together rather than having to cut them to fit together just would be such an ingenious and much more easy way to be able to construct these. How you lift the stone up 15 or 20 feet up above your head, I really don't know. That's the perennial mystery.

Yeah, so right here. So yeah, I just think that the idea of them being able to soften the edges of the stones and then slide the stones together rather than having to cut them to fit together just would be such an ingenious and much more easy way to be able to construct these. How you lift the stone up 15 or 20 feet up above your head, I really don't know. That's the perennial mystery.

Yeah, so right here. So yeah, I just think that the idea of them being able to soften the edges of the stones and then slide the stones together rather than having to cut them to fit together just would be such an ingenious and much more easy way to be able to construct these. How you lift the stone up 15 or 20 feet up above your head, I really don't know. That's the perennial mystery.

But I agree with you. And I think that the acid idea is just so good. And you see on the exterior right here, it looks like there was acid dripping down the front of it. This front part that doesn't get pressed against another stone, it looks like there's acid that's eaten away at the front of the stone there. What are your thoughts?

But I agree with you. And I think that the acid idea is just so good. And you see on the exterior right here, it looks like there was acid dripping down the front of it. This front part that doesn't get pressed against another stone, it looks like there's acid that's eaten away at the front of the stone there. What are your thoughts?

But I agree with you. And I think that the acid idea is just so good. And you see on the exterior right here, it looks like there was acid dripping down the front of it. This front part that doesn't get pressed against another stone, it looks like there's acid that's eaten away at the front of the stone there. What are your thoughts?

Yeah, there may be another example in Cusco, but I know, I'm almost certain that there's a Spanish chronicler that refers to at Tiwanaku, there is acids being used. But, you know, Tiwanaku is basically the blueprint for, or at least archaeologists think is the blueprint for, you know, the later construction that you see at Cusco and Machu Picchu.

Yeah, there may be another example in Cusco, but I know, I'm almost certain that there's a Spanish chronicler that refers to at Tiwanaku, there is acids being used. But, you know, Tiwanaku is basically the blueprint for, or at least archaeologists think is the blueprint for, you know, the later construction that you see at Cusco and Machu Picchu.

Yeah, there may be another example in Cusco, but I know, I'm almost certain that there's a Spanish chronicler that refers to at Tiwanaku, there is acids being used. But, you know, Tiwanaku is basically the blueprint for, or at least archaeologists think is the blueprint for, you know, the later construction that you see at Cusco and Machu Picchu.

But there may be another there may be another literary source that's more relevant to Cusco itself. Ryan, that that photo that you had up there where you were showing the joint of those blocks. I'm sure you noticed that, you know, so there's so there was an earthquake in in, I think, 1695. And then there's another earthquake in 1655.