August 16, 2015 at 1:43 pm

For Centuries, Two Villages Have Worked Together to Rebuild this Bridge Every Single Year

by twistedsifter

 

The Q’eswachaka bridge in Peru is rebuilt every year using traditional Inca engineering techniques by the local communities on either side of the canyon. This bridge has been continually rebuilt in this same location since the time of the Inca. The entire bridge is built in only three days!

This video was produced by Noonday Films for the National Museum of the American Indian exhibition, The Great Inka Road: Engineering an Empire. This video was narrated by John Ochsendorf, Professor of Civil Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

 

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