12/08/2025
The similarities between Rapa Nui and Peru are impossible to ignore.
At Vinapu on Easter Island, a small, precisely fitted stone is tucked between massive blocks, the same technique I’ve seen in Cusco, Sacsayhuamán, and Sillustani.
Different worlds, different materials, yet the same engineering logic: when larger stones don’t align perfectly, a smaller stone is carved to lock and stabilize the wall.
It makes you wonder: Who first mastered this? How old is this knowledge? And how did the same method appear thousands of miles apart?