Review – The Mysterious Stone Monuments of Markawasi Peru

Sometimes I wish I wasn’t such a damn cynic. I think productions like this are probably a lot more fun if you can approach them with at least a little credulity. The Markawasi plateau sports an unusually high number of rock formations that – if you catch them from just the right angle in just the right light and employ a bit of imagination – resemble people or animals. That makes them interesting but not really documentary-worthy. Enter the cadre of kooks who insist that the formations are actually ancient sculptures left by a long-vanished civilization. Of course the appearance of creatures not native to South America – not to mention “astronauts” and the like – require explanations that strain the story’s already all-too-thin believability. Still, the rocks look cool even if they aren’t quite as important as some folk think they are. Mildly amusing