Jennifer and I gave our presentation on Medicine and Hypnosis.
Below is the front of the Convent of Santo Domingo in Cuzco. You can see the very fine Inca dressed stones upon which the Spanish style arches of the convent is built. Historically, the Inca stones withstood the earthquakes, but the convent had to be rebuilt.
Inside the convent is its main hall. Through the portals of the arches you will come up against the walls of the Inca dressed stones that formed formed the original Hall of the Quirikancha. Above the Spanish arches is a gallery and then the current roof.
The Hall of the Quirikancha was the most sacred of all Inca sites. Spanish chroniclers confirm that the floor of the hall was laid with sheets of gold. The walls of the hall were plastered with sheets of gold. The roof was line in gold sheets.
The Quirikancha is the andesite rectangular structure to Jennifer's right. It was itself completed lined in gold sheets. Andesite is one of the hardest rocks known. No chisel of copper of bronze can dent it. How the structure was chiselled remains a mystery. It is NOT placed on top of its plinth. The plinth ad the rectangular structure are one single unit.
We visited the Galapagos islands; and here is Jennifer with one of the huge tortoises. These animals were killed for their meat and oil by the tens of thousands by pirates and whalers.
Thankfully they are protected and their numbers are recovering.
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