Machu-Picchu (Lost City of the Incas) by Vali Andrei https://padlet.com/avandrei48/act0wydvqjsi0bci A masterpiece of the ancient world. en-us 2021-03-07 14:16:07 UTC 2023-02-26 22:41:59 UTC hello@padlet.com Facts & History avandrei48 https://padlet.com/avandrei48/act0wydvqjsi0bci/wish/1278645080 Machu Picchu may have been built in the 15th century on a ridge between the Huayna Picchu and Machu Picchu mountains of Peru. It is located 2,430 meters above sea level on the eastern slope of the Andes and overlooks the Urubamba River hundreds of meters below.]]> 2021-03-07 14:26:28 UTC https://padlet.com/avandrei48/act0wydvqjsi0bci/wish/1278645080 avandrei48 https://padlet.com/avandrei48/act0wydvqjsi0bci/wish/1278678436 2021-03-07 14:43:28 UTC https://padlet.com/avandrei48/act0wydvqjsi0bci/wish/1278678436 An emperor’s abode avandrei48 https://padlet.com/avandrei48/act0wydvqjsi0bci/wish/1278714750    The one who initiated a series of conquests of the empires of that time, Pachacuti, will eventually make the Inca land a South American land that stretched from Ecuador to Chile. Many archaeologists assume that Machu Picchu must have been was built as a kind of royal estate, the presence of elite residences in the northeastern sector of the site supporting this idea. It was allegedly used by the emperor and his family as a temporary respite, with the archeological site supporting a small number of caretakers throughout the year. Other examples of Inca royal estates are known in Peru. Interestingly, the dwelling of the emperor himself appears to be in the southwestern part of the site, away from the other elite residences. A building known today as the “Temple of the Sun” is adjacent to it. Although Machu Picchu has a wall, modest gateway, and dry moat (likely used for collecting rainwater) it doesn’t appear to could have been set up with military purposes in mind, and there is no evidence that a battle of any sort was fought there.]]> 2021-03-07 15:00:33 UTC https://padlet.com/avandrei48/act0wydvqjsi0bci/wish/1278714750 Temple of the Sun avandrei48 https://padlet.com/avandrei48/act0wydvqjsi0bci/wish/1278774156   Machu Picchu has several structures that would have enhanced the spiritual significance of the site.
  One of them, the “Temple of the Sun”, or Torreón, has an elliptical design similar to a sun temple found at the Inca capital of Cuzco. It is located near where the Inca emperor is believed to have resided at Machu Picchu. A rock inside the temple might have served as an altar.        During the June solstice, the rising sun shines directly into one of the temple’s windows, and this indicates an alignment between the window, rock, and solstice sun. Beneath the temple lies a cave, naturally formed, which the explorer Bingham referred to as a “royal mausoleum”, although there’s little evidence that it was used as such. A boulder carved into a stairway lies near the cave entrance and the underground chamber likely served a religious function of some form.]]> 2021-03-07 15:29:18 UTC https://padlet.com/avandrei48/act0wydvqjsi0bci/wish/1278774156 Principal temple & Intihuatana avandrei48 https://padlet.com/avandrei48/act0wydvqjsi0bci/wish/1281247552 Several religious structures must have been located in the northwest of the site, limiting the market. One of the buildings, dubbed the “Principal Temple,” contains a carved stone altar. When it was excavated by Bingham he found that it has a layer of white sand, something seen in temples at Cuzco, the Incan capital. A building adjacent to the “Principal Temple” is known as the “Temple of the Three Windows” and contains a large amount of broken pottery, ritually smashed it appears.
But perhaps the biggest puzzle at Machu Picchu is a giant rock, named “the Intihuatana” by Bingham, after other carved stones found in the Incan empire. The stone at Machu Picchu is situated on a raised platform that towers above the plaza. Its purpose is a mystery, with recent research disproving the idea that it acted as a sundial. It may have been used for astronomical observations of some form. It may also be connected with the mountains that surround Machu Picchu.


]]> 2021-03-08 10:07:27 UTC https://padlet.com/avandrei48/act0wydvqjsi0bci/wish/1281247552 What happened with Incas avandrei48 https://padlet.com/avandrei48/act0wydvqjsi0bci/wish/1281305773 Huayna Cápac had never known a fever like it. Nor had his people, many of whom were suffering just as badly. He didn’t have long to contemplate his condition, though. He died swiftly. The disease – almost certainly smallpox, brought to South America by European voyagers – wasn’t discriminatory. It struck all levels of society.
Until his death around 1528, Huayna Cápac had been the 11th supreme ruler, the Sapa Inca, of the Inca Empire, a civilization described by historian Jago Cooper as “the greatest pre-Colombian empire in the Americas – a land of desert temples, of palaces in the clouds, of cities hidden deep in the forests”.
Stretching along, and inland from, the Pacific coast of South America, at its height the empire included at least parts of present-day Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Chile, and Argentina. The Incas were resourceful people.
To help bind this empire and its population together, they created a vast road network totaling 40,000 kilometers. These roads transformed the concept of food distribution; furthermore, the food being distributed had benefitted greatly from the adoption of some revolutionary agricultural methods. And this deep connection to agriculture was one of the tenets of their worship of Inti, the Sun God – the deity who guided much of Inca life.

]]> 2021-03-08 10:27:47 UTC https://padlet.com/avandrei48/act0wydvqjsi0bci/wish/1281305773 THE END avandrei48 https://padlet.com/avandrei48/act0wydvqjsi0bci/wish/1281338911 This was the beginning of the end of the Inca empire, we hope you liked our little story. In the end I would like to say that we all contributed to this project.If you ask me about it, we will definitely meet again.

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