September 26, 2008

Incredible Incas

By Conor


One thing that makes you realize how great the Incas were is how much they knew so much about the earth.

For example, at Machu Picchu there is a strip of grass that nothing is buillt on because the Incas knew that under the strip of grass was a fault line.  If they had built something there and an earthquake had happened, everything they built would have collapsed.

They also figured out how to move enormous rocks from one mountain to another.

The Incas were such good builders that they were able to fit rocks together and build strong structures with no cement. The rocks just fit perfectly together.