The Stones of Machu Picchu seem alive. The stones at Machu Picchu seem almost alive. They (the stones of Machu Picchu) may be alive, if you credit the religious beliefs of the ruler Pachacuti Yupanqui, whose subjects in the early 15th century constructed the granite Inca complex of Machu Picchu, high above a curling river and nestled among jagged green peaks. http://ping.fm/nyVDT