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Tiahuanaco

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Ti·a·hua·na·co  (t-w-näk)
A site of pre-Incan ruins in western Bolivia near the southern end of Lake Titicaca. The ruins, including statues, monoliths, and a temple of the sun, are evidence of a civilization that flourished here from c. 1000 to 1300.


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The pre-Inca Tiahuanaco civilization believed that the Sun and Viracocha both emerged from the mysterious depths of the lake and that Viracocha created heaven and earth.
From the capital La Paz, you could take a trip north to the city of Tiahuanaco, which preceded the great Inca Empire; further north is Lake Titicaca.
Maybe the scholars who deny the existence of Yonaguni, or won''t consider the Tiahuanaco precision earthquake resistant stonework that seems poured in place to make angles.
 
 
 
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