Sacsayhuaman
Sacsayhuaman
is the famous Inca fortress just above
Cusco. But what most people only get to see of it are the walls with
giant stones. The Sacsayhuaman archaeological parque is much bigger and
if you know where to go and how to look, you will be able to find many
surprising places. For example the X zone, named so because
Jesús Gamarra started to use this name, the 'rodaderos', a kind of
natural fairground slide, the big rock named 'la Chincana Grande',
where
they say tunnels start, towards for example Koricancha.
For now, as part of the vitrification section, below we will show some
vritrifed stones that can be found between the rodaderos and the
Chincana grande.
Vitrified rocks in Sacsayhuaman.
Near the Throne of the Inca and the 'rodaderos'.
A completely rough rock with just a very small vitrified part on it, as if they passed an iron.
Notice the different colour of the smooth and vitrified part.
With the right light, a tremendous reflection can be observed on this vitrified piece of rock.
The same rock, although the upper part does not reflect as no light falls on it, it is still possible
to observe the smoothness, and the look as if it has been melted once.
Here the layer can be observed, giving a strong reflection were it is still on the stone.
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