Megalithic Peru: Exploring The Evidence Around And In Cusco

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[rikirikibis]

A simple question: if the blocks fit so perfectly, it can be possible that dust, organic matter, pollen, bacteria and spores are still trapped between fitting blocks. If we could retrieve such organic matter, we could test the C16 and determine how long ago such blocks have been placed in position. If the result is 12.000 years ago, VAFFANCULO to all the historians and archeologists trying to sell stupid theories about copper chisels. If it says 1000 years then probably they are right.

[lisawalker]

We love you Brian! Thank you for all your hard work and sharing all of this with us! You're awesome! 😁❤️

[rick]

29:48 I wanted to see inside where the two 'drill' holes intersect. That 90 degree point would clearly show if some sort of hole boring bit was used!

[LorisSolic]

i just went to Peru recently with the specific goal of investigating these rocks. In short, the trip is life changing, and these structures in the hills and on top of peaks of mountains are a marvel, words cannot describe the intellect and the bravery and ambition of the people who constructed them. I visited multiple sites, cusco, machu piccu, ollantaytambo and even some less famous ones like Pisac, which spans over an area of many hills and has many hidden structures scattered throughout the hills. I was looking specifically for the rocks that were noted as "superior." There were plenty to be found. The distinction between the inca and the previous builders was obvious.


I was specifically looking to investigate the joining surface of the rocks, in order to see how it is that they were cut or shaped. I found something very interesting. Even on the inside surface of the rocks it still looks as if it was chiseled. I have seen many different types of rocks that were cut with cutting tools. They leave a smooth surface due to heat and directional interaction between the cutting surface and the rock. The rocks i was looking at, while their surface was very flat, it was not smooth, and in my opinion not cut! It showed clear evidence of being chiseled. I found several rocks that were shaken apart for whatever reason, in each case the surface looked chiseled, or shaped by some kind of impact. Predominantly i saw this in ollantaytambo where the most impressive structures are found. How is that possible, well the surface at the millimeter level was actually very rough, inconsistent with it being cut. There were many peaks and troughs, on average they were 0.5 mm to 1 mm in height difference.


I had made the assumption that for the rocks to fit in such a tight way, the surface would have to be smooth. But this does not APPEAR to be the case. they are just very very flat and uniform. I feel that archaeologists or independent researchers are coming to a dead end in how these structures were constructed. How the rocks were moved etc. I just read an entire book that investigated how these rocks, along the rocks in Egypt, mexico, Easter island etc, were shaped, but the book could not provide any insight. mostly for the lack of empirical evidence and physical tools left behind by the ancients


Perhaps the previous cultures did have access to iron or harder metals. While i love to entertain the idea of redirected sunlight, lasers, or sound being the tool used to shape these rocks, the application of these sources of energy is difficult to control. The three dimensional cuts in rocks were shaped away by a metal chisel and a high degree of mathematical accuracy. I think that efforts made to develop and replicate metal tools and math that was used to create these rocks is the better approach. Metal can still be used to scrape and smooth surfaces to provide that polished sheen that is seen in many rocks.


I do believe there were cataclysms that wiped out these cultures to be sure. But it is hard for me to believe that the blast or energy from weapons of mass destruction were directly responsible. The damage is just too inconsistent. Some parts are "burnt" while other rocks right near them are completely intact. this rules out weapons of mass destruction since they are not so precise or discriminant. Heat weapons? The technology used to successfully construct a heat weapon is such that it would have reflected in this ancient culture much more prominently and in many other facets than evidenced by the megalithic construction, as impressive as these structures are!


Needles to say the more questions that are answered the more that arise. Great video, i hope that your consistent research of these sites yields some kind of answer, hopefully in this lifetime, hopefully more investigators join the effort. These were people who were far superior to inca or any other civilization that we ever studied in school.

[chrisleyleonlewisiii]

The drill holes are baffling. I've used hammer drills with diamond tipped coring bits to cut through stone wall foundations for plumbing ect and lemme tell you its difficult with power tools so in my opinion it is absolutely impossible without power tools especially with copper anything I dont care if they added sand to help the cutting process it would take an insane amount of time it just would be too impractical way of constructing things of these magnitudes.

[ginginthing]

Thx again, Brien, for the making another great video. Maybe it's just me, but this video stands out from the many others you have made in this area in regards to visual effects. It is very well done videography with stunning HD shots that made me feel that I was there, including the fear of being near the edges of some of these shear drop offs with only a thin rope barrier, and in many cases, nothing at all.

[kevingorzny]

I was here in 2007. Access was much easier with almost no restrictions and very few visitors. A local guide grabbed our hand and coaxed us through one of those tunnels - it went completely pitch-black and was a very tight fit. Incredible incredible place to see. We also stoped at another location on the way back to town that had a lot of water / irrigation tunnels bore into the stone. Similar to the upside down staircase area that was mentioned in the beginning of this piece.

[RostislavLapshin]

Several methods of fabrication of the polygonal masonry using clay/gypsum replicas, a topography translator, reduced clay models of the stone blocks, and a 3D-pantograph are described in the article “Fabrication methods of the polygonal masonry of large tightly fitted stone blocks with curved surface interfaces in megalithic structures of Peru”. I do not provide a direct link, because YouTube does not allow a comment with this link. Search by the article title.

[nancysweeney]

Thank you Mr. Foester for providing such educational stuff. Many people cannot travel due to physical and /or monetary constraints. I have always been interested in archeology. Your camera work is slow and steady so you can really focus on what is being shown. Also when people are in the picture, it helps to scale the site. Thank you very much 😊

[animtorfiddler]

Several of the Stones shown from 3:40 to 4:00 seem to have drilled conduits for the passage of fluids or possibly for cables or other items. The Machining is precise and purposeful, inarguably for some function NOT mere decoration. We know of the "Baghdad Batteries" discovered decades past, which have residue of fermented acidic wine, and carbon rods wrapped with copper sheeting, with bitumen as a dielectric between them. These are thought to have been used in an electroplating process.

We also know of the Steam-Powered Aeolipile device built by Hero of Alexander thousands of years ago, and the Antikythera clockwork mechanism with its multiple nested gears, also dated reliably to an age of several thousands of years. It saddens me to see the writer of the Smithsonian article calling it "The First Computer, " as though this device with its precisely-crafted gearing suddenly appeared magically, as if there were no evidence anywhere that the ancients had ever conceived of interconnected gearing.

The fact is, we know DAMNED little about the history of life on this planet, and so-called scholars embarrass themselves repeatedly by forgetting that. The historical record is scant, and all our excavations and examinations of past civilizations cannot keep up with the scavenging, vandalism, and plain heedless destruction of ruins that might illuminate our past. Worse, archaeologists put on "intellectual blinders" and refuse to SEE and acknowledge anything that does not neatly fit into their pinky-sworn description of what preceding generations may have accomplished.

[wayneg]

The ancient builders had a different mind set from the present day builders! Amazing information! Thanks!

[richardkautz]

I'm watching this video again 10 months later and I am just as astounded as I was the last time I watched it.
I believe that technology has been lost to the "cataclysms" and then re-learned and then lost again and so on for thousands and thousands of years.
Trying to imagine how the work was done... Were there giants? Did they have "special" powers? Where did they come from? ???
Incredible !!!

[PanyGalanis]

Simply Wow Mr Forester! I've always wanted to travel to some of these places, for many years, since I discovered all these "Megalithic" sites existed. But alas, I've probably left it too late now, so in your videos, you are my Eyes, Ears and asking the same questions that I would, so thanks so much for all your hard work! Please keep these videos coming for as long as you can. Many thanks, Pany.

[bobgillis]

I wish I had been more analytical when I was at these sites some 20 years ago. Thanks again, Brien.

[nsjx]

the Coricancha is fabulously suspect for having been built by far-ancient civ. It blows my mind, just like the Serapeum at Saqqara

[SkyLightsUXOs]

....spot on for taking us along....good work and Merry Christmas to all !

[tonybaloney]

was there 2 years ago with my son, visited most those places, it was amazing, if you get a chance in life to go there, do it

[EARTHARCHITECT]

Well done! The effort needed to grow food in these difficult places speaks either to immense population of the entire Earth or a persecuted sect that took to the mountains as sanctuary — or there was some ancient valuable crop that only grew in these very expensive shelves.

[charlesincharge]

This is a mind boggling quote from Brien Foerster @ the 17:18 mark of the video: "Were they able to manipulate matter in some way and temporarily make the stone go from a very hard consistency to almost marshmallow consistency?... We don't have any form of technology like that but SOMEBODY OBVIOUSLY DID IN ANCIENT TIMES".

[rrioss]

Thank you taking the time to show all of us these places