There are some amateur scholars that believe aliens built Machu Picchu. For them, it seems inconceivable that a people without iron tools, draft anima


There are some amateur scholars that believe aliens built Machu Picchu. For them, it seems inconceivable that a people without iron tools, draft animals, or even the wheel could have lugged such large stones up the mountainside and built such magnificent structures. However, archeologists and scholars agree that the Incas, with their impressive engineering techniques and use of human labor, were more than capable of constructing the site without outside (or outer-worldly) help. Taken @Cusco, Peru


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