Did the quality of the Inca stonework also play a role in Machu Picchu's longevity? Certainly. The Inca buildings have endured because of the good foundations, the slope, the interconnected stones ...

Much of the Inca's work on Machu Picchu, though impressive, is inconspicuous. Ken has estimated that 60 percent of the construction is underground. But what first strikes the visitor is the exquisite ...

The signature style of the pre-Columbian empire, these stones marked the Inca expansion some 2,500 miles down the backbone of South America. The sprawl took just a few decades, propelled by the ...

Like the exquisite Inca stonework exposed every time an earthquake shakes off a little more of the colonial city the Spanish built over it, Inca culture here is never far beneath the surface.

The stones in the most handsome buildings throughout the Inca Empire used no mortar. These stones were cut so precisely, and wedged so closely together, that a credit card cannot be inserted ...

Very early Egyptian stonework is somewhat similar to Inca stonework and actually at the moment I happen to be on Easter Island, where we have found stonework which is very similar to Inca stonework.

"Studying Inca material culture and built environments gives students ... seeing the changing sunlight across the surfaces of the stonework throughout the day, and watching the many fountains and ...

In Cusco, a World Heritage site, two extraordinary cultures literally sit one on top of another—throughout the city, massive Inca stonework supports colonial Spanish balconies. Cusco hosts its ...

The high quality of the stonework indicates that it was likely to have been an important Inca shrine, dedicated to religious functions involving water veneration. Although its function is ...