Visit Machu Picchu South America Oldest Archaeological Site
While the beaten track is only inside the city limits, you may re-examine these bottlenecks in order to appreciate how Machu Picchu was invulnerable to the rules of war then existing. Tourists who have the requisite personality type T can take a stretch of 20 minutes duration which is officially out of reach of most visitors. In fact, a sign that reads: No entry marks the end of the beaten track.
After this sign, the trail winds its way down and become very close. Halfway through this way, who have made it this far will find the narrow chasm that once was saved by the tree trunks and may be withdrawn at any time by the guards of Inca who were assigned?
Like the ancient pyramids of Egypt, the stone block used to construct the buildings of Machu Picchu is undoubtedly the creation of states of disbelief and thus making Peru Machu Pichu tours one of the most exciting one. The Inca, in the 1400s had no iron tools even though they had knowledge of the making of brass instruments. Large teams of workers dragged the blocks adjacent quarries. They used the ridges and ramps to place them in their current locations. Archaeological findings give us an idea of how the Inca had to reduce manageable size rocks.
Quarrymen bronze chisels insert into cracks and fissures that occur naturally in the stone. Heat was applied to the metal and this helped to break the boulders in sizes viable. Each rock was cautiously selected so that when they are finally implemented, the gap between the rocks is so close that even a razor blade would not fit between them.
Tour to Machu Picchu [http://www.onlylatinamericatours.com/tour.aspx/peru-express] gives us clues in Creation Mountains where the old cities were considered sacred by the Incas. The position of the sun during the equinox could be anticipated using natural landmarks present in the vicinity. In the center of the city is a pyramidal mount called Intihuatna and above it raises an obelisk. Priest Incas believed the sun has to be linked and hooked the obelisk after every winter solstice to not continue on its present course and leave the city in the dark. The sun is sacred to the Incas and one of their deities. The view east and west of the city has a view overlooking the Inca priest's ample opportunity to observe the Sun.