Mysterious terraced fields in Peru

One of the best Inca ruins still exists is Moray, an archaeological site 50km from Cuzco City (Peru) to the northwest and located to the west of Maras village.

In fact, Moray is a complex of terraced fields hundreds of meters deep underground, looking like an ancient Greek theater.

Mysterious terraced fields

The terraces in the central area have extremely large sizes and descend to a depth of about 150m. At the bottom of such deep pools, in the rainy season, this place is not flooded, no matter how much rainfall is. Until now, scientists were still unclear about the purpose of the Incas to build this population, but most agreed with the theory that this terraced field was "an agricultural research station".

The most unique feature of Moray probably lies in the extremely different temperature difference between the top and bottom of the field at the same time, up to about 15 degrees C. The large temperature difference has created the micro climate, similar to modern greenhouses, helps Incas study the effects of different climatic conditions on crops. It is no coincidence that the temperature difference here corresponds to the natural difference between the temperature in the coastal agricultural land and the 1,000m high mountain area.

Moreover, research on pollen shows that soil from many different areas of the Inca empire was transferred to terraced fields. So far, the mysteries of this ancient Inca ruin are still the subject of research by scientists.