The royal estates lying between Cusco and Machu Picchu illustrate the remarkable variety by which the sun was honored and worshipped in the Inca Empire. The terraced basins of Moray combine the sun at both solstices and, perhaps, the zenith sun, with flowing water and offerings to Pachamama. The complex astronomy at Urubamba involves the palace of Quespiwanka, horizon pillars, solstices, and mountain worship. Ollantaytambo contains horizontal shadowcasting gnomons with a major water shrine.
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Malville, J. M. K. (2015). Inca royal estates in the sacred valley. In Handbook of Archaeoastronomy and Ethnoastronomy (pp. 865–878). Springer New York. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-6141-8_82
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