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CYCLOPEAN STAIRWAY TO THE FORTRESS OF SACSAIHUAMAN
| Chief among the ruined monuments of the Inca empire is the gigantic fortress on the hill of Sacsaihuaman, overlooking the city of Cuzco from the north. Huge stones that could only have been shaped and brought into position by the order of despots, regardless of Indian labour and life, form a staircase up the terraced hill now trodden only by curious travelers or by indifferent natives |
OUTER WALL OF THE TEMPLE OF THE SUN AT CUZCO
| Inca structures are remarkable for their stone masonry, of which the most peculiar feature is the disregard of uniformity in the size and shape of the stones. Cubical blocks of rectangular form were commonly employed, but polygonal stones were also used, each stone being fitted into its fellow in the wall by great labour, and with such nice adjustment that mortar was never used or required |