The Andean Condor is the largest bird in South America and had the status of a god for the civilization of the Incas. It is one of the most powerful birds that exist, the majestic inhabitant of the Andes. The wings of the Condor Temple in Machu Picchu are carved into a huge rock of the mountain, while the head and neck of the bird are carved into the ground as an altar. Possibly this altar, as a "table", was a sacrificial altar; a mummy was discovered in the small cave under the wings of the condor. If you imagine it as we do; "The prisoners of the prisons were sacrificed in honor of the condor and it is possible that they were placed on this altar.
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