As is known, the Incas didn’t develop written language, so their communication had a strong bias to phonetic and iconic structures. The Three Windows at the Machu Picchu Sanctuary have a complex symbolism. On this article we will tell the reader about this amazing Machu Picchu attraction.
The Three Windows: One of the Machu Picchu Secrets
These were thought by the Incas as the windows of the universe, they were the representation of their division of the cosmos:
- Hanan Pacha: higher, heavenly, spiritual world
- Kay Pacha: the ordinary, material world
- Uku Pacha: the underworld, spirits
The Three Windows: What is its secret?
Also, the Three Windows were perfectly aligned with sunrise, a very important part of the day for the Incas, because, in their times, the notion of gravity was not known by them of course, so there was an extended belief that at some moment the Sun could just go away from the empire…. actually, part of Inca’s religious rituals were aimed at keeping the Sun coming back everyday to give life to the land.
The Three Windows are made of huge blocks of stone, and have the typical trapezoidal shape they used for designing them.
Another meaning of the Three Windows is that they represent one of the myths about Inca origin, which states that their founders emerged from three caves located far south of today’s Cusco city. This is known as the myth of the “Ayar Brothers”, which everybody learns in Peruvian schools.
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Therefore, the Incas didn’t have books, but we can “read” their history on the many stone remains they have left, of which the Three Windows are such an interesting one.
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