SOUTH AMERICAN PICTURES ARCHAEOLOGY AND HISTORY
Yurak Rumi

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© South American Pictures/ Tony Morrison   

Peru. Ñusta isspana / Chuquepalta, the site is best known for the large white rock [Yurak Rumi] and spring. Rocks of all kinds were a profound part of Inca life as spirit places and were venerated in many ways. Local legend says this channel was used for divination using the urine of the Inca handmaidens or Ñustas.

 

 

 
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