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Wednesday, April 23, 2008

Machu Picchu

sounds like 'pikachu' to me with the 'chu' 'chu' sound and the 'pi'

Was forced to browse through the net on Machu Picchu site as it is related to our Site Planning subject...
I was incredibly amazed by what I've found on the net...

It was such as an amazing sacred place to live in..
surrounded by the green in a highland that sits in between the mountains with some 'cloud'
It's really heaven on earth to me
and I believe there are much more to be discovered in such a place
Oh~~ how I wish I could spent a few days there...

Here is some brief about Machu Piccu:

A long lost city discovered by Yale archeologist Hiram Bingham in 1911
It was built by the Incas during the Incas civilization
A small but extraordinary city invisible from below and completely self-contained surrounded by agricultural terraces
The massive stone that is used to construct the building is nicely sculpted and fitted together without using motar
And yet you cant even insert a thin knife blade into the gap in between the joint
( it sounds something like the pyramid in Egypt but this place is nicer compared to the desert :P)

Yeah, there is this Intihuatana stone ( meaning Hitching Post of the Sun)
which is designed to hitch the sun at the two equinoxes
At the midday on March 21st and September 21st,
the sun stands almost directly above the pillar creating no shadow at all

According to Shamanic legends
When sensitive person touch their forehead to the stone
the Intihuatana opens one's vision to the spirit world











Ruins of Machu Picchu




The Intihuatana Stone



Detail of stone work at Machu Picchu




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