Luke Caverns

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.

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.

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.

And then there's another one in like 1995 or something close to that time. um that knocked down the colonial buildings but the but the the ancient buildings are still standing there but while they're doing that it's displacing the joints of the blocks so you can see that top block has slid back and on that bottom stone that outward lip is pointing up so it looks like It's been compressed.

And then there's another one in like 1995 or something close to that time. um that knocked down the colonial buildings but the but the the ancient buildings are still standing there but while they're doing that it's displacing the joints of the blocks so you can see that top block has slid back and on that bottom stone that outward lip is pointing up so it looks like It's been compressed.

And then there's another one in like 1995 or something close to that time. um that knocked down the colonial buildings but the but the the ancient buildings are still standing there but while they're doing that it's displacing the joints of the blocks so you can see that top block has slid back and on that bottom stone that outward lip is pointing up so it looks like It's been compressed.

Yeah, it's been compressed and that stone smushed down that softer, acidly dissolved stone that's on the surface and it smushes it down and it makes that perfect crease there. And I think, I honestly think that

Yeah, it's been compressed and that stone smushed down that softer, acidly dissolved stone that's on the surface and it smushes it down and it makes that perfect crease there. And I think, I honestly think that

Yeah, it's been compressed and that stone smushed down that softer, acidly dissolved stone that's on the surface and it smushes it down and it makes that perfect crease there. And I think, I honestly think that

for me that's the smoking gun of of that okay this it literally looks like this block has been sitting on top of the other one for thousands of years or however long and and at one point the top of it was soft and it compressed it you know just maybe by half an inch you know i mean that that's what and like i'm not saying that the acid you could dissolve and soften the stone to make it like a cinnamon roll i i just mean it softened it where it was compressed by half an inch you know

for me that's the smoking gun of of that okay this it literally looks like this block has been sitting on top of the other one for thousands of years or however long and and at one point the top of it was soft and it compressed it you know just maybe by half an inch you know i mean that that's what and like i'm not saying that the acid you could dissolve and soften the stone to make it like a cinnamon roll i i just mean it softened it where it was compressed by half an inch you know