• Incan ruins above Cuzco

    December 23, 2018 in Peru ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C

    First are 2 looks at Quenqo, a site where mummies were prepared. It was always done underground, with vriuis sites for offerings included. Then Tambomachay, the temple to water, one of the 4 elements of Pachamama, mother nature. There is an aqueduct to Cuzco that still functions. Finally is Saqsaymaman a major ritual site, always in three levels--underworld, this world and sky; snake, puma, condor, the respective animal gods.Read more