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Tiwanaku (Tiahuanaco)

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© South American Pictures/ Kimball Morrison

Tiwanaku (Tiahuanaco) Bolivia.The Gateway of the Sun carved from a single piece of andesite rock stands at the north-west corner of the Temple of Kalasasaya.The freize across the top depicts a central Sun God / Viraococha flanked by rows of small crowned figures.

 

 

 

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