| The ritual bath structure consists of two cantilevered
steps leading down into the bath and two handholds alongside the water
channel. Three of the bath walls are of several set stones and the main
face where water is brought in consists of at least a larger lintel
block with the channel and the handholds cut from it.
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| This room near the Sun Temple exhibits the finer ashlar
masonry that would indicate a high purpose within the Inca culture. The
niches most likely held idols. The protuberances are carved from the
same block that makes the wall. The circular depression visible between
the niches on the left is what remains of a broken one.
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| This view through the door and lintel to the niche and
lintel across the room show the similarity in angles used when shaping
doors, windows, and niches. One area of continuing study would to
measure and accurately describe the relationships of the angles and
proportions of each type.
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