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A stone abandoned part way through the splitting process - so similar to stones seen in Neolithic Europe.  Photographed in 1995.
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AddedMay 07 2012
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A stone abandoned part way through the splitting process - so similar to stones seen in Neolithic Europe. Photographed in 1995.

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bat400 (2019-01-19)
According to Wright and Valencia Zegarra's The Machu Picchu Guidebook: A Self-Guided Tour (Revised edition, 2004) the splitting process seen here was created by a modern archaeologist (using methods of ancient Egypt) as a test. It is not indicative of the work of Inca masons.

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