INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT THE INCAS
Added on: 4th Dec 2015
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
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