The Q'eswachaka bridge is a traditional Inca rope bridge ... The basic idea—based on centuries-old Inca building techniques—is that the grass is woven into rope, which is then woven into ...

“As the political empire of the Incas was destroyed ... Photograph by Jeff Heimsath The methods of building the bridge, passed down through generations, have changed little over the years.

Where the earth abruptly ended, they used a brilliant system of suspension bridges to leap canyons and stitch their road network together. But the Inca didn't build their bridges out of metal or wood.

In this video segment adapted from NOVA, watch residents of the Peruvian Andes as they build a traditional and functioning grass bridge — the likes of which enabled the ancient Inca people to ...

Inca: 1300-1532. Appearing on the high plateaus ... At 60 years old, he has participated in building the bridge every year since childhood. We met him at dawn on the third day, in front of his ...

The bridges allowed for many Inca military victories: Inca commanders would send their strongest swimmers across a river so building could begin from both sides. But the exquisite structures ...

How did they build this? "Local experience." The Inca were master engineers. But like most conquerors, they also tapped local experts. The exhibition highlights a long bridge made of woven plant ...

Over the course of several hundred years, building on practices inherited ... everything from the Sapa Inca’s palace to roads ...

The Incas chose the ones that they found in the ... Dave Answer: While I was not part of the bridge-building crew in the particular "Nova" show that we did in Peru, I do know a little bit about ...

And while archaeologists have known that for some time, the exhibition reveals the extent of the Inca understanding of water and how they applied the same technology to road building. "Every year ...