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The Incas did not need to use cement firstly because the adjoining surfaces between two adjacent blocks fit so perfectly and exquisitely together, and also because stones were interlocked in a combination that could not be budged.
In such an exciting year for Peru luxury travel, it’s time for Aracari to give our rundown of what hot new hotels are up-and-coming, in the pipeline and on the cards.
There is something of a hotel boom going on at the moment as this recent article from Hotel News Now has outlined, the perfect opportunity for Aracari – always first to be “in the know” – to give our lowdown of what we think will be favourites amongst our guests and discerning travellers.
Peoples in pre-Columbian Peru did not need to use writing because they had developed other sophisticated means of keeping records, storing data and recounting stories based on textiles and cords. By the time of the Inca Empire, a device called the Khipu had developed, a system of using knotted and coloured strings to record information. These Khipus would be carried by Inca messengers across the Empire to transmit messages and deliver important communications.
Our Operations Manager Vicky has recently returned from Cusco after meeting with Aracari’s top guides in the region, one of several meetings that we organise throughout the year.
It is thought that the Spanish conquistadores did not track down Machu Picchu because it had actually been abandoned by the Incas shortly before the arrival of Spanish soldiers to the Cusco area during their conquest of the Incas in the 1530’s. With no word from the Incas about the site, they had no reason to look for it as their conquest went on.
