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The famous stone from an Inca wall in Cuzco, Peru. The stone has 12 angles and illustrates the great precision Inca masons employed in ensuring their stone blocks fitted so well together that no mortar was needed. (15th century CE).
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APA Style
Canopic, F. U. (2014, March 12). Inca 12 Angle Stone. Ancient History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.ancient.eu/image/2373/
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Canopic, Flickr U. "Inca 12 Angle Stone." Ancient History Encyclopedia. Last modified March 12, 2014. https://www.ancient.eu/image/2373/.
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Canopic, Flickr U. "Inca 12 Angle Stone." Ancient History Encyclopedia. Ancient History Encyclopedia, 12 Mar 2014. Web. 16 Jul 2019.