Intihuatana: The Inca Solar Clock of Machu Picchu

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At the highest point of the urban area of Machu Picchu, on a platform reached by climbing a steep stone staircase, there is a carved rock unlike any other at the site. It is not a wall, not an enclosure, and not a passageway. It is a sculptural piece carved directly from the bedrock of […]