{"id":4456,"date":"2026-01-30T23:19:55","date_gmt":"2026-01-30T23:19:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/unchartedx.com\/site\/?p=4456"},"modified":"2026-01-30T23:19:58","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T23:19:58","slug":"how-were-80-ton-granite-blocks-moved-10km-in-the-andes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unchartedx.com\/site\/2026\/01\/30\/how-were-80-ton-granite-blocks-moved-10km-in-the-andes\/","title":{"rendered":"HOW were 80 ton granite blocks moved 10km in the Andes?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"HOW were 80 ton granite blocks moved 10km in the Andes?\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/m7ncelxzxJc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Join me as we take a deep dive into an incredible ancient logistic achievement &#8211; quarrying and moving the huge granite blocks of Ollantaytambo around 10 kilometers across the Andes Mountains in the Sacred Valley of Peru! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Known as the &#8216;Tired Stones,&#8217; these massive blocks can be found in the high, steep slopes of the quarry, and all along the route to the amazing megalithic &#8216;sun temple&#8217; of Ollantaytambo. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Seemingly abandoned along the route, how these were moved in this unrelenting, high altitude, steep terrain, and why they&#8217;re there, is a huge mystery. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Over the last year I&#8217;ve been investigating these stones, and trying to decipher the story they&#8217;re telling us about the catastrophic history of human civilization\u2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Join me as we take a deep dive into an incredible ancient logistic achievement &#8211; quarrying and moving the huge granite blocks of Ollantaytambo around 10 kilometers across the Andes Mountains in the Sacred Valley of Peru! Known as the &#8216;Tired Stones,&#8217; these massive blocks can be found in the high, steep slopes of the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/unchartedx.com\/site\/2026\/01\/30\/how-were-80-ton-granite-blocks-moved-10km-in-the-andes\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;HOW were 80 ton granite blocks moved 10km in the Andes?&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"h5ap_radio_sources":[],"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4456","post","type-post","status-publish","format-video","hentry","category-uncategorized","post_format-post-format-video"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/unchartedx.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4456","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/unchartedx.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/unchartedx.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unchartedx.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unchartedx.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4456"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/unchartedx.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4456\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4457,"href":"https:\/\/unchartedx.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4456\/revisions\/4457"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/unchartedx.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4456"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unchartedx.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4456"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unchartedx.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4456"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}