Sitio Arqueológico de Killarumiyoc — Attraction in Ancahuasi

I really enjoyed this place I will definitely have lasting memories. It was a good drive from Cusco through some nice farm lands. The entrance fee was nominal. When I arrived, there were two mini vans with a few tourists. As I started walking up through the ruins their were farmers digging out the ancient irrigation system. It was the beginning of the dry season and the irrigation system was the farmers only source of water. There's many walls and carved stones on your way to the top. Once I reached the top I noticed that the farmers we're done digging and the two mini vans of tourists had left. The place was all mine. This is a rarely seen place by most tourists. You can play archeologist all day up there and not see a soul. The grounds have not been disturbed and have not been restored, they sit the way they've been since the Spaniards arrived. The top of the site is around 12,000ft with the lack of atmosphere you can get roasted quick by the sun, bring a hat, and there's plenty of shady...

This has been a huaca for thousands of years; ancient petroglyphs can be found inside the cave and multiple styles of architecture can are present here. The summit of the hill contains cobble stonework, cyclopian stonework and imperial Inca style masonry; indicating that as newer cultures came upon this place, they built their own structure(s) at a higher elevation than the existing structures. "Killarumiyoc" can be translated to, "stone that holds the moon." This makes me believe that the shape was already carved into the boulder when the Quechua-speaking Inca came...

Un hermoso sitio arqueológico, dedicado a la feminidad, a la madre luna. La caminata es super tranquila desde la plaza de Ancahuasi, de 40mnt - 1h a paso lento. En el mismo sitio tienes para descansar en unas bancas que colocaron y espacio de pasto. Más alla, donde estan las piedras encontrarás la piedra tallada dedicada a la mama killa. "Considerado uno de los templos más sagrados dedicados a Mama Killa, la deidad lunar, Killarumiyoq fue un escenario de ceremonias místicas vinculadas a la fertilidad, los ciclos agrícolas y el equilibrio de las fuerzas naturales. Para los antiguos incas, la luna no solo era un astro, sino una entidad viva que protegía la vida nocturna y regulaba el tiempo y la...