One interesting aspect of the Inca civilization is the ceque system, a series of lines connecting shrines in a distinct physical pattern around the principal cities of the Inca world. The ceque system was part pathway, part accounting method, part pilgrimage; and thoroughly fascinating. We may never know what the ceque system was all about, despite the records of the Spanish and the work of archaeologists and ethnographers, but we do have some idea, which you'll just have to pick a link and click on through to learn more about.


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