Occurrence of Attributes in Original Text
The text related to the cultural heritage 'Historic Sanctuary of Machu Picchu' has mentioned 'Stone' in the following places:
| Occurrence Sentence | Text Source |
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| Contents 1 Etymology 2 History 2.1 Daily life in Machu Picchu 2.2 Agriculture 2.3 Encounters 2.4 First American expedition 2.5 Human sacrifice and mysticism 3 Geography 4 Site 4.1 Layout 4.2 Temple of the Sun or Torreon 4.3 Intihuatana stone 4.4 Inti Mach'ay and the Royal Feast of the Sun 4.5 Construction 4.6 Roads and transportation 4.7 Tourism 4.8 January 2010 evacuation 4.9 Entrance restrictions 4.10 Cultural artifacts: Dispute between Peru and Yale University 5 In media 5.1 Motion pictures 5.2 Music 6 Panoramic views 7 See also 8 References 9 Bibliography 10 Further reading 11 External links | WIKI |
| Stone stairways set in the walls allowed access to the different levels across the site. | WIKI |
| Intihuatana stone[edit] | WIKI |
| The Intihuatana stone is one of many ritual stones in South America. | WIKI |
| [55] The name of the stone (perhaps coined by Bingham) derives from Quechua language: inti means "sun", and wata-, "to tie, hitch (up)". | WIKI |
| The Inca believed the stone held the sun in its place along its annual path in the sky. | WIKI |
| [56] The stone is situated at 13xc2xb09'48" S. At midday on 11 November and 30 January, the sun stands almost exactly above the pillar, casting no shadow. | WIKI |
| On 21 June, the stone casts the longest shadow on its southern side, and on 21 December a much shorter shadow on its northern side. | WIKI |
| [58] Inti Mach'ay is located on the eastern side of Machu Picchu, just north of the "Condor Stone." | WIKI |
| Funerary Stone in upper cemetery | WIKI |
| The Incas were masters of this technique, called ashlar, in which blocks of stone are cut to fit together tightly without mortar. | WIKI |
| The site itself may have been intentionally built on fault lines to afford better drainage and a ready supply of fractured stone. | WIKI |
| Heavy rainfall required terraces and stone chips to drain rain water and prevent mudslides, landslides, erosion, and flooding. | WIKI |
| Terraces were layered with stone chips, sand, dirt, and topsoil, to absorb water and prevent it from running down the mountain. | WIKI |
| The opening sequence of the film Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1972) was shot in the Machu Picchu area and on the stone stairway of Huayna Picchu. | WIKI |
| The approximately 200 structures making up this outstanding religious, ceremonial, astronomical and agricultural centre are set on a steep ridge, crisscrossed by stone terraces. | UNESCO |