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There are a more than a few temples located within this city. The Sun
Temple, in particular, is one of the most powerful. A nearby steep
mountain peak was scaled by the Inca so that they could chisel out a profile of
a face. On the winter solstice (June 21 in the southern hemisphere), the sun
aligns directly with the eye of the profile through a window across the valley
at the ruins and onto an altar. No less stunning is the fact that all the
rock used for the terracing at Ollantaytambo was quarried from a mountain top on
the opposite side of the valley 6km away. The "so called" scientific
theory would lead you to believe that the drug them down this steep hill, across
this roaring river and then uphill to the top of this magnificent city. By
the way,they were set into place so perfectly that mortar is not necessary. The
engineering of this civilization was extraordinary.