Tiwanaku: The Bolivian City Behind the Gate of the Sun
Tiwanaku is an ancient pre-Inca city near Lake Titicaca in Bolivia, famous for its carved Gate of the Sun and the precise stonework of Pumapunku.
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Tiwanaku is an ancient pre-Inca city near Lake Titicaca in Bolivia, famous for its carved Gate of the Sun and the precise stonework of Pumapunku.
On the windswept high plain of Bolivia, nearly four thousand metres above sea level and close to the shore of Lake Titicaca, stand the ruins of Tiwanaku. Here, in one
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