Cusco, Peru 2006

Pam looks at the amazing Temple of the Sun, perhaps the most perfect example of an Incan temple.  Called 'Qoricancha' which means 'golden courtyard' in the Quechua language, the temple originally had hundreds of gold panels lining the walls, life-size golden figures, a solid-gold altar, and a huge golden sun disc.  Note how perfectly the stones fit together without the use of any mortar.

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