Who built Machu Picchu?

Question

Supposedly, there was an older civilization that built it and the Incas didn't.

Answer 1

I've never heard of Graham Hancock, but I'm not sure if I would take what he says seriously, if I were you. It's generally accepted by most historians and archeologists that the Incans did, in fact, build Macchu Picchu.

Answer 2

Macho Pikachu was built by a corporation of Japanese investors. The original Pikachu was considered too cutesy yet his creepy traits were putting western kids off (though they went down well in Korea). So a more Macho and honest version was built: bigger and with less yellow - this seems to be working OK.

Answer 3

think again

Answer 4

Graham Hancock quote form wikipedia:

"His methods and conclusions have found little support among academics. Often criticised for being a pseudoarchaeologist, Hancock, who freely admits he has no formal training in archaeology, sees himself as providing a counterbalance to what he perceives as the 'unquestioned' acceptance and support given to orthodox views by the education system, the media, and by society at large."

In other words he makes up stories to attempt to stir up contemporary thought.  To me that is acceptable when dealing with hypothesis as hypothesis are still as yet unbacked by empiracle evidence.  But in the case of the origin of Machu Picchu, the archaeological record has all but finished converting hypothesis to theory.  The empiracle evidence has been brought forth and the only hypothesis left standing was that it was indeed the Incas who built Machu Picchu.

One thing that I can see through looking at Graham Hancock's list of books that he has published is that he covers an extremely wide variety of subjects.  In so doing it seems pretty obvious to me that he is preying on all the most popular conspiracy theories of pseudoscience / pseodoarchaeology in a shallow attempt to profiteer off his writing style, which I imagine is probably quite convincing, while at the same time not actually containing any true expertise in any area that he endeavours to cover.  Pretending to be an authority is not the same as being an authority!  Listen to the Inca archaeological specialists, they actually test the hypothesis and don't just conjecture wildly!

Answer 5

Most people are aware of the 'alternative' answer to this question...'aliens built it'...why? because early archaeologists/explorers were xenophobic and thought that no 'early civilization' in the 'Americas' had enough technological thought to build anything that complex with the perfectly fitted stones. Therefore 'off the wall' theories were popular with some groups.[the 'alien' theory] The other was as I stated. The explorers and early archaeologists did not feel that any civilization in the Americas could possibly be that technological,[a nice way of saying 'no one could be as smart as 'us']....

[Note: if anyone thinks that we are the first to have hot and cold running water and sewers...through pipes... best think again...LOL].

Another hypothesis was....it was the 'last city' built by the Inca civilization in an attempt to hide from the Spanish conquistadores, who conquered them.

Neither of the above is now accepted as being correct.

Many such complexes have, and are being found that use the same architecture and have been dated to the Incan civilization. Machu Picchu is now thought to have been one of many of their cities, but was one of the more important areas connected to their sun-worshiping tradition. It is also theorized that it was used by the 'royals' [the 'Inca',('king'), and his retinue at certain times of the year for astrological religious purposes.

The earlier pre-Incan culture, the Mochica, built their sacred edifices out of mud-brick, not stone. One of the reasons for the demise of this culture was a climatic change in weather which brought an abundance of rain. The mud-brick built 'pyramids' did not fair well in the wetter weather patterns. There has been evidence found of human sacrifice, theorized as being done to bring dryer weather, [but this is only theory].

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Answer 6

Easy one, R&G Construction Co. out of Lafayette, LA.  The architect is Boris Shermer from Philadelphia.  You bet you.

Answer 7

I usually turn up the information that the Incas built it, but I have read that years ago, an early visitor asked an ancient how they moved great dressed rocks weighing hundreds of tons.  They said:"With the note of a flute".  I asked a flautist if she thought it made sense. She thought a bit, then said "I don't see why not.  You see it would be controlled vibrations?"  I can't understand why the ability was not passed on.

Other information about Machu Picchu that I found, was that the only bodies found buried on the site were those of 88 women. It doesn't surprise me to suspect, that left to themselves, women would always choose beautiful places to inhabit. The Bible suggests that Babylon was beautiful - or 'delicious' as it says in Revelations, and now demolished.

Answer 8

Although there were cultures in the area that pre-date the Inca, most anthropologists accept (based on evidence) that Machu Picchu was built between 1460 and 1470 AD by the Inca.  The Incan ruler that had it built was Pachacuti Inca Yupanqui. After Pachacuti’s death, Machu Picchu became the property of his kinship group, which was responsible for it’s maintenance, administration, and any new construction.  Sorry to disappoint you.