Fresh Batch #77: Inkilltambo & Selva di Malano

Is there a Cartoccio, Carthusian, Cú Chulainn, Kukulkan connection with Carthage?

Charon ferrying the souls of the dead across the river Stix.

Inkilltambo (near Cusco, Peru), meaning the flowery inn, has been covered by enough people that there’s almost no need to bring it to your attention other than it looks like it was cut into preexisting rock in some portions, while in other portions it looks like geopolymer, and yet in other portions it looks like stones were stacked. The portions that were carved from the rock, such as the stairs, are reminiscent to Selva di Milano.

This may be anecdotal, however, there are other types of masonry found in Peru and the Americas that indicate cultural diffusion, specifically with Etrusco-Phoenicians, in the form of polygonal masonry, which is Pelasgian (the Phoenicians were called Pelasgi by the Greeks).

Selva di Malano (Etruscan site in Italy)

However, there are also details at Inkilltambo that look modern on account of the precision.

Inkilltambo. Photo by Michelle DuBois

The ability to make this with primitive tools, while it seems far-fetched to someone like myself who has no experience with this masonry, is not what concerns me since human ingenuity never ceases to amaze me. The crispness and lack of weathering, even though it is exposed to the elements, is what raises my concerns and leads me to suspect these portions of it are modern.

Other portions of the site look weathered. Whether they are modern or ancient, it’d be interesting to see someone carve these structures because the lack of demonstrations by anyone in the modern world on how the ancient masonry of older civilizations was made will forever sustain the mysteries.

Inkilltambo

For many sites of interest that could yield examples of cultural diffusion, check out Fresh Batch #63. Also check out this podcast in which I show the ancient Italian origin of much of the Norse culture.

If you’re interested in learning about the ancient universal maritime empire, you’ll love The Holy Sailors (click the image).

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