🇧🇴 Bolivia · Temple complex
Isla del Sol
Tiwanaku to Inca (500 – 1532 CE) · Tiwanaku / Inca
Isla del Sol in La Paz, Bolivia is a Tiwanaku to Inca (500 – 1532 CE) temple complex attributed to Tiwanaku / Inca culture.
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🇧🇴 Bolivia · Temple complex
Tiwanaku to Inca (500 – 1532 CE) · Tiwanaku / Inca
Isla del Sol in La Paz, Bolivia is a Tiwanaku to Inca (500 – 1532 CE) temple complex attributed to Tiwanaku / Inca culture.
🇧🇴 Bolivia · Temple complex
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) · Multi-period temple culture
Tiwanaku — Kalasasaya North Balcony Platform (Bolivia) in La Paz, Tiwanaku, Kalasasaya, Bolivia is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) temple compl…
🇧🇴 Bolivia · Archaeological wonder
Formative to Tiwanaku Period 300–1000 CE (flourishing 500–950) · Tiwanaku Empire
Capital of Tiwanaku Empire (300–1000 CE) on Altiplano near Lake Titicaca at 3,850 m, featuring Akapana pyramid, Kalasasaya enclosure, and Gateway of the Sun carved from single andesite blocks…
🇧🇴 Bolivia · Pyramid
Tiwanaku Middle Horizon 400–1000 CE (Akapana c.500–800 CE) · Tiwanaku
Artificial mountain pyramid at core of Tiwanaku (400–1000 CE) altiplano capital: 18 m high (originally ~18 m, 18?
🇧🇴 Bolivia · Megalith
Tiwanaku Period 536–600 CE (complex radiocarbon dated) · Tiwanaku
Terraced platform mound within Tiwanaku complex famous for precision-cut andesite and red sandstone blocks with drilled holes, flat planes and interlocking joints to 0.5 mm tolerance, scattered as if…