I mean, this is completely different in every way. Are you asking because these and Stonehenge are made of stone blocks?
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The similarities are discussed in the archaeology here. This is more talking about methods of working hard stone though, not the limestone like at Giza.
> The stonecutting marks at *Kachiqhata* recall those found on the unfinished Egyptian obelisk at Aswan. The Incas’ cutting technique must not have been very different from the one used by the early Egyptians…^1
> I have no doubt that the Andean builders developed their construction techniques and skills independently of any outside influence, worldly or extraterrestrial. Yet I marvel at how cultures that were totally disjointed in space and time, but had reached comparable stages of technological competence, arrived at similar solutions to similar problems. For example, the stonecutting techniques of the Incas bear a striking resemblance to those used by the Neolithic builders of Stonehenge, the Egyptians before the advent of iron tools, and the Minoans or the Mycenaens.^2
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1. Protzen, Jean-Pierre. *Inca Architecture and Construction at Ollantaytambo*. Oxford University Press, 1993. p. 170.
2. Ibid., pp. 205.
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Was a boat pit their equivalent of a garage?
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Been to Cuzco. Never saw that structure and it looks like nothing else there. You sure that’s  Sacsayhuaman?
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Whenever I see this all I can think of is the Ancient apocalypse series. Once I heard Graham Hancock say it all I could hear is ‘sexy woman’ in a Jamaican accent. Not really a useful comment but it still makes me laugh.
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I mean, this is completely different in every way. Are you asking because these and Stonehenge are made of stone blocks?
The similarities are discussed in the archaeology here. This is more talking about methods of working hard stone though, not the limestone like at Giza.
> The stonecutting marks at *Kachiqhata* recall those found on the unfinished Egyptian obelisk at Aswan. The Incas’ cutting technique must not have been very different from the one used by the early Egyptians…^1
> I have no doubt that the Andean builders developed their construction techniques and skills independently of any outside influence, worldly or extraterrestrial. Yet I marvel at how cultures that were totally disjointed in space and time, but had reached comparable stages of technological competence, arrived at similar solutions to similar problems. For example, the stonecutting techniques of the Incas bear a striking resemblance to those used by the Neolithic builders of Stonehenge, the Egyptians before the advent of iron tools, and the Minoans or the Mycenaens.^2
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1. Protzen, Jean-Pierre. *Inca Architecture and Construction at Ollantaytambo*. Oxford University Press, 1993. p. 170.
2. Ibid., pp. 205.
Was a boat pit their equivalent of a garage?
Been to Cuzco. Never saw that structure and it looks like nothing else there. You sure that’s  Sacsayhuaman?
Whenever I see this all I can think of is the Ancient apocalypse series. Once I heard Graham Hancock say it all I could hear is ‘sexy woman’ in a Jamaican accent. Not really a useful comment but it still makes me laugh.