Peru's 12-Angle Stone vandalized, causing 'irreversible damage'

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Man Vandalizes Famed 12-Angled Stone, an Inca Engineering Marvel in Peru

The stone, which sustained damage in six spots, had been carved to fit perfectly in a palace wall hundreds of years ago

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Man accused of defacing Inca cultural site in Peru

A man in Cusco, Peru is accused of being intoxicated and attacked the Stone of Twelve Angles, part of a Inca cultural wall

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Man caught on camera vandalizing Cusco's Stone of Twelve Angles

The Stone of the Twelve Angles is one of the most representative icons of Inca architecture, known for the perfect interlocking of its stones without the use of cement or mortar.

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Moment man vandalises ancient Incan artefact in Peru

Peruvian police released footage showing a suspect pounding Cusco's 12-Angle Stone.

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A boy with long hair and backpack breaks into Hatun Rumiyoq Street, a few meters from the Plaza Mayor of Cusco. It is the morning of Tuesday and the artisans have already left. The subject pulls a hammer out of his backpack, takes it with his left hand and hits, with ferocity, one of the biggest tourist attractions of the country: the stone of the twelve angles, an architectural jewel that composes what was the palace of Inca Roca, who ruled the…

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Peru’s 12-Angle Stone vandalised, causing ‘irreversible damage’

An allegedly intoxicated man vandalised a 500-year-old archaeological artefact known as the 12-Angle Stone in Peru, authorities said Tuesday.Police said the 30-year-old man was suspected of attacking the stone with a hammer.He was arrested after the incident in the city of Cusco, which was recorded on a nearby surveillance camera, according to police.Police believe the...