Post by ~*~Kit_The_Kat~*~ on Nov 10, 2003 12:48:01 GMT -5
Sacsayhuaman is located only 2 kilometers from Cusco, the ancient city of Peru and the distance can be walked in about 45-minutes, although the climb is steep, and at an altitude of 3500 meters (more than 10,000 feet above sea level). Sacsayhuaman is noted for its irregularly-shaped, gargantuan stone blocks, one of which weighs more than 300 tons. They are fitted together without mortar, and the ones now remaining have withstood not only attempts by the Spanish to knock them down, but also more than half a millennium of earthquakes and other natural forces. Pictured at the left is an entrance near which a serpent pattern is carved into the rock. Almost exactly the same size as the human brain and spinal column, this carving is believed to represent the seven chakras, and it is said that the seven gouged-out areas were once filled with gold, crystals and gemstones.
