With
the ancient history of Peru the Incas are indissolutly associated
in our minds; but the Incas cannot have ruled for more than
about 300 years before Pizarro and his Conquistadores arrived,
and some of the most wonderful remains in Peru are indubitably
pre-Inca. Such is the inimtable polygonal masonry, which still
abounds to-day in the streets of Cuzco - whence comes this crowning
examples of its class, the famous block of twelve angels and
re-entrants, jointed snugly and without mortar to its almost
equally amazing neighbours. In the upper photograph is seen
another portion of the same well.
From
Wonders of the Past
