Tarawasi
How did Inca masons, working with nothing harder than stone hammers and abrasive sand, cut and interlock dozens of many-sided andesite blocks into a wall so tight that a blade still cannot slip between the joints — and why lavish that level of craft on a wayside rest stop rather than a temple in Cusco itself?
mid-15th century CE (Inca Late Horizon, reign of Pachacutec) · Limatambo, Anta Province, Cusco Region, PeruAdded July 2026