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Inca architecture - The use of dry-stone walls (Ashlar) - Machu Picchu by Jorge Lascar, via Flickr Inca Architecture, Ancient Places, Inca Empire, Dry Stone Wall, Stone Masonry, Ancient Technology, Ancient Stone, Dry Stone, Peru Travel

The central buildings of Machu Picchu use the classical Inca architectural style of polished dry-stone walls of regular shape. The Incas were masters of this technique, called ashlar, in which blocks of stone are cut to fit together tightly without mortar. The Incas were among the best stone masons the world has seen, and many junctions in the central city are so perfect that it is said not even a knife blade fits between the stones. Terraced Fields of Machu Picchu Some Inca buildings were…

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