MACHU PICCHU page 69a
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Near the TEMPLE of the CONDOR


In a building sometimes called the Group of the Mortars we find two precise carved circular "mortars." However, their size (about one-half meter in diameter) and permanent location make this use unlikely. This photograph was made after a rainstorm. The concave shapes were filled with water and the sky was refected as from a mirror. Do these stones have an astronomical connection? --- probably not --- one more mystery.

We leave the city with a few images that do not fit in a sequence.


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