Ingapirca Ruins

The Canari people of Ecuador created a large civilization. Yesterdays museum had many of their artifacts. The Canari worshipped the sun (or maybe the moon) and they lived a fairly quiet existence. Until the Incas came in. The Incas worshiped the sun (or the moon, whatever the opposite of the Canari). Unlike most conquerers the Incas preserved the basic buildings of the Canaria and incorporated them into their construction. They did the same with the people. In all ways it didn’t end well for the Canari who no longer exist. This site is one of the few that show both the Canari and the incas in the same place.
I was in awe of the fact that I was standing on the site without much “supervision” and the site was from 500-1500 AD.Read more