The Stonemasons of Machu Picchu

The ancient stonemasons that built Machu Picchu and other Inca structures lacked a written language, iron and steel tools and the wheel. This didn’t stop them from quarrying and transporting enormous blocks of granite and building structures in places and in ways that are difficult to imagine. The attached article by Kenneth Wright describes years of research into how the Inca accomplished these phenomenal tasks.

  The Stonemasons of Machu Picchu by Kenneth Wright (368.9KB)