Machu Picchu

1. How high is the city of Machu Picchu?
2. How many structures can be found there?
3. Did the Incas leave any written clues about them? Explain
4. For how long did the Incas rule?
5. What are some issues with the place where the Incas chose to build Machu Picchu?
6. Where did the granite come from?
7. What system did they use to prevent the terraces from colliding during rainy seasons?
8. What was the name of the king that is believed to have ordered the construction of Machu Picchu?
9. How was the process of mummifying the king at that time?
10. Machu Picchu was one of the only Inca sites left intact, why?
11. How did the builders move the stones around?
12. What is the significance of the stone located at the highest point in the city?
13. Where did they get food and water supplies from?
14. Archeologists found skulls with holes on them, what was the purpose of the holes?
15. Since there were no tools or machinery, how did they manage to build those smooth stone walls?

1. The height of machu picchu is approximately 8,000 Ft.
2. About 200 structures.
3. No, at that time they did not have a written language.
4. It was a short period of time, 100 years.
5. It is located in the middle of two earthquake lines and a lot of rain.
6. from the surrounding areas as there is a good amount on the top of the mountain where Machu Picchu was built.
7. They made a pretty advanced irrigation systems all over the city, so the water drains to the earth.
8. Pachacuti.
9. They left him outside in the sun and at night they froze him until he dried out.
10. Because the Spaniards did not find the city.
11. They put logs under the stones to push them around.
    
12. The name is Itihuatana and it points directly to the sun, some believe to be an astronomic calendar or clock.
13. From a city nearby and the water came from a natural spring canalized into the city.
14. When injured they opened a hole to let the the brain expand and let the fluids come out to prevent death.
    
15. They carved the walls with small stones while they we already in place.