Inca Uyu

Inca Uyu is a not so popular, but definitely interesting, archaeological site that began discovery and excavation in 1950. Archaeologists Marion and Harry Tschopik were the ones who discovered it.

The site is located in the Titicaca Basin in the village of Chucuito, Peru. It is home to 86 carved stones that are each about five feet tall. It is believed that the stones were carved from rock quarried locally. The structures are walled in next to the Church of San Domingo. The name Inca Uyu is derived from Inca Uyu which means, in the Aymara language, "virile member of the Inca". It is believed that the stones were disrupted as they were moved into rows before the site was excavated again in the 1960s by Orompelio Vidal.

The original purpose of the site is unknown but many have assumed that it was a fertility temple because...c'mon you see it. It is believed by the people that the stones have special power and that many women have been cured of infertility on the site.

The Inca Uyu site was deemed a "National Heritage of the Nation" by the National Institute of Culture. The site has been mentioned throughout pop culture and included in a folk song entitled "Inca Uyu" by Dan Paulin.