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Intihuatana Stone

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Intihuatana Stone
Intihuatana Stone
Intihuatana Stone
Intihuatana Stone
Intihuatana Stone
Intihuatana Stone
Intihuatana Stone
Intihuatana Stone
Intihuatana Stone
Intihuatana Stone
Intihuatana Stone
Intihuatana Stone
Intihuatana Stone
Intihuatana Stone
Intihuatana Stone
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on the left bank of the Urubamba river, Machu Picchu, Peru

Intihuatana at the archaeological site of Machu Picchu is a notable ritual stone associated with the astronomic clock or calendar of the Inca in South America. Machu Picchu was built c. 1450 by the Sapa Inca Pachacuti as a country estate. In the late 16th century, the Viceroy Francisco de Toledo and the clergy destroyed those Intihuatana which they could find. They did so as they believed that the Incas' religion was a blasphemy and the religious significance of the Intihuatana could be a political liability. The Intihuatana of Machu Picchu was found intact by Bingham in 1911, indicating that the Spanish conquerors had not found it.
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