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Lost city of the Inca, hidden in the clouds

Intiwatana is also called the sun stone, this curiously shaped stone block is believed to have been a solar clock or “the hitching post of the sun”, where the sun rays cast shadows used for the plann
The Intiwatana stone, also called the hitching post of the sun, is believed to have functioned as a solar clock used for ritual and agricultural planning. © Dennis G. Jarvis, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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