Illustration
The famous stone from an Inca wall in Cuzco, Peru. The stone has 12 angles and illustrates the great precision Inca masons employed in ensuring their stone blocks fitted so well together that no mortar was needed. (15th century CE).
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Canopic, F. U. (2014, March 12). Inca 12 Angle Stone. World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.worldhistory.org/image/2373/inca-12-angle-stone/
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