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Day 1
We finally made it to Peru.
Matter of fact I'm staring at one of the surrounding mountains
at Ollantaytambo, Peru.
Day 2
Cusco was our first. And the first stop was at the famous 12 angled stone. Located in a massive wall in downtown Cusco. But wait! Around the corner we then discovered a 13 angled stone!!
While at the 13 angled stone we measured the remains of the massive megalithic wall. (see video below)
Our goal initially was to see for ourselves the megalithic ruins so much discussed in book, movie or TV. How big are these stones? Where did they quarry them? How far did they transport them.
All those questions have been dealt with. What I wanted was to see it all first hand and determine myself just how possible all this construction was.
Top 3 things that surprised me:
1.) The depth of the Cusco 12 sided stone is 7ft.! That means all 12 angled sides needed to be carved for the entire stone's 7 ft. deep. And everything has to fit perfectly on all the 12 sides in front and fit properly all the way back on all 12 sides!
2.) The original volcanic rock used to build has a Mohs hardness value of 9+ (Diamond is 10)
So these stones are the real deal. Dense and very hard to carve or chisel.
3.) No one is certain: The locals, tour guides, experts all don't agree on the specifics on the history and more importantly to this subject of who and how the buildings were built. Which means there is room to roam over various theories for answers.
Day 3
Chilling at the ruins of Ollantaytambo getting ready for today's trek to this very, very egnamatic site. Ancient colossal blocks of stone that somehow got moved there. We'll show you in upcoming videos. Which brings me to say for those of you who'd like to get an alert when the next YouTube video is launched. Go to the Museum's YouTube site and hit the subscribe button
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That's it for now so I'll see you next week if not before on YouTube or TikTok Live streams.
