Today is the summer solstice and the Inca religion was centered around the sun and the solstices. Many of the buildings at Machu Picchu are aligned to capture the solstices. The rock pictured is the Intihuatana stone, believed to be the only one of it's kind not destroyed by the spanish. In english it is the hitching post of the sun and was believed to hold the sun in place during the equinox. It may also have served as a solar observatory or an astronomical calender.
No comments:
Post a Comment