What was the purpose of the ritual stone Intihuatana built by the Inca?

These ancient civilizations are such a mystery and so fascinating.

Interesting, looks vaguely like a sundial.

maybe is used to tell Time by the position of the Sun ( i guess)

Laura, and since back then the sun went around the flat earth, they could make the sun 'stand-still, giving them more time to plant and harvest. lol.

Laura, That's exactly what it is.

I hope they were charged a lot of $$$ for the damaged done to an ancient instrument.

gonow, before we kicked out the native American's off their lands we should've learned about the building and monuments that they built now all we have is theories about how and what they were used for. and something that been standing for centuries was damaged by modern humans and not mother nature unlike modern buildings which most likely won't be around for centuries

Eeore, helped with the rotation of our galaxy

That is well said, I never heard of this Machu Pichu "sun clock" before

Eeore, 🤣

Very interesting. My first time hearing about it.

I did not know that. I just gussed