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Tiwanaku
(Tiahuanaco)
| Tiwanaku
is a pre-Inca site at 3.850m (12,600ft) above sea level on the Bolivian altiplano,
near Lake Titicaca. It developed between AD200 and AD500 at the centre of an empire
that extended to the Bolivian lowlands, the Peru coast and northern Chile. |
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Friar
monolith | Sun
Deity | Tenon
heads | Gateway
of the Sun |
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| 'Tiaguanaco'
1845 | 19th
C Gateway of the Sun | Ponce
monolith 1961 | Ponce
monolith 1961 |
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| Kalasasaya
1961 | Kalasasaya
1961 | Kalasasaya
1967 | Gateway
of the Sun |
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| Stone
god | Stone
god | Stone
god | Stone
god |
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Ceramic
ker'u | Ceramic
ker'u | Ceramic
ker'u | Ceramic
figures |
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| Ceramic
pot | 19thC
Gateway of the Sun | 19thC
Gateway of the Sun | 19thC
Friar monolith |
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| Stamps |
Stamps |
Gateway
of the Sun | Gateway
of the Sun |
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Dr
Carlos Ponce Sangines | Excavating
Akapana 1970s | Excavating
Akapana 1970s | Stones
on Puma Punku |
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Sandstone
blocks | Niche
for offerings | Water
channels | Friar
monolith |
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| Kalasasaya |
Kalasasaya |
Kalasasaya |
Kalasasaya |
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| Ponce
monolith | Tenon
heads | Ponce
monolith | Gateway
of the Sun |
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Stones
on Akapana | Kalasasaya |
Tenon
heads | Tenon
heads |
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'Carved
hands' stele | Kalasasaya |
Akapana
summit | Gateway
of the Sun |
