For centuries, Sacsayhuamán’s giant interlocking stones have puzzled observers; today, archaeologists are still investigating how Inca builders moved and fitted the largest blocks
Sacsayhuaman is famed for the giant stones and the weird zigzagging walls and is still one of the finest examples of Incan engineering. Its three-tiered walls stretch for roughly 400 metres, with stones as high as 8.5 metres and weighing an estimated 100 to 128 tons.
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