INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT THE INCAS

THE INCAS CONSTRUCTED BUILDINGS WITHOUT MORTAR.

BASICALLY THE HUGE STONES THEY USED FITTED

TOGETHER SO PERFECTLY AND TIGHTLY THAT NOTHING

COULD GET BETWEEN THEM.

THEY MADE USE OF TREPANNING, A SURGICAL

INTERVENTION THAT INVOLVED DRILLING HOLES IN

THE PATIENT'S SKULL

SKULLS WERE SOMETIMES USED AS DRINKING VESSELS

THEY STRETCHED THEIR EARLOBES SO MUCH THAT

THEY REACHED THEIR SHOULDERS.

IN FACT, THE SPANISH INITIALLY CALLED THE INCA

"OREJONES" WHICH MEANS "BIG EARS"

AT ITS PEAK THE INCA EMPIRE STRETCHED A LENGTH OF

5,230 KM (3,250 MILES), THAT'S MORE THAN THE DISTANCE

BETWEEN NEW YORK AND SAN FRANCISCO.

INCAN SUSPENSION BRIDGES ARE REBUILT

EVERY YEAR

AT ONE POINT IT WAS SAID THAT THE ANDES CONTAINED

MORE THAN 200 SUSPENSION BRIDGES. THIS WAS OVER

300 YEARS BEFORE ANY SUSPENSION BRIDGE WAS

BUILT IN EUROPE