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This Inca Building—the Only Surviving Structure of Its Kind—Might Have Been Designed to Amplify Sound and Music
The Peruvian town of Huaytará is home to a 15th-century Inca building that’s unusually simple for the civilization, which is ...
pt. 1. The lords described. The hummingbird ; The hummingbird's people ; Cuzcoquiti ; Down the valley to Huanacauri ; Huanacauri to Muina ; The three roots of the Inca stock ; The Incas as a caste ; ...
The Inca Empire in South America was one of the most powerful pre-Columbian societies. It was known for the architecture of Machu Picchu, an extensive road network and a system of terraces for ...
The building in question had only three walls, potentially enabling sound, like drums, to be directed toward the opening and ...
The building is known as the carpa uasi, a name that means “tent house”, which is a reference to its open-ended side. It is ...
I magine the sound that a boom box the size of a gymnasium might produce, the rumble and clang of its music echoing through ...
We arrive in Cusco, Peru, with several hours to kill before hotel check-in, so we do what we came here for — we start walking ...
The Inca empire is renowned for its architecture; its buildings were intricately designed and extraordinarily durable.
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