Moray is composed of three groups of circular terraces (muyus in Quechua) that descend 490 feet (150 meters) from the highest terrace to the lowest. Each muyu has 12 levels of terraces with the largest depression having a diameter of 600-feet.
It is widely believed that the Moray ruins were used as an experimental farm by the Incas over 500 years ago. The place has an Inca irrigation system consisting of a series of channels fed by water from a reservoir located higher in the mountains.
The temperature difference from top to bottom orf a muyus can range an astonishing 27 degrees Fahrenheit (12 degrees Celsius).
Also the sun hit each terrace at different angles and intensities. Each terrace at Moray had its own microclimate. This allowed the Incas to study the effects of altitude, temperature, and sun absorption on crop growth to determine ecological niches suitable for crops to thrive.
Taken from Nana Geruni
Article based on the explanations and interpretive observations of Angela Terian, with additional archaeological and…
Lenin: Soviet nationalities policy, Azerbaijan SSR founded 1920, Stalin: Constitution and census fix the ethnonym…
An unprecedented find on Arin Berd hill On 23 July 2026, the French Embassy in…
For more than fifteen centuries, one line from Movses Khorenatsi's History of the Armenians has…
Armenian historical tradition, echoed by a number of modern researchers, identifies Rusudan as an Armenian…
Tucked away in the greenery of the 2nd block of Yerevan's Nor Nork district, in…