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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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Oct 19, 2009 Bolivia Eager to attract more tourists, the town of Tiwanaku in the Bolivian Andes has spruced-up the ancient Akapana pyramid with adobe instead of stone, in what some experts are calling a renovation fiasco.
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Several thousand people celebrated at dawn the winter solstice during a traditional gathering at the pre-Inca Tiwanaku citadel marking the Aymara Indian New Year.
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