Centro Arqueológico Inkilltambo o Inca carcel

This guide to the Centro Arqueologico Inkilltambo in Cusco follows a 2015 restoration crew into a fold of the Cachimayo valley, where they found water still running through Inca-carved channels beside a boulder locals had long called the Inca jail. You'll hear why the name stuck for generations, imagined prisoners and all, and how chroniclers Bernabe Cobo and Santacruz Pachacuti sent researchers back to the site's real founder, the Inca Wiracocha. Look closely at the boulder's hole and its five carved niches before you decide what you think they were really for.