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Tiwanaku (Bolivia)

Description: Also Tiahuanaco or Tiahuanacu. Part of Unesco World Heritage. It is a premiere archaeological site.

Newest Review: ... pro government demonstration there; because of this we had to take a side road which was unpaved and very much un-made. This was very interesting as it took us through the real countryside area and the road was extremely uneven, at times it disappeared downwards in a dramatic fashion and we went very slowly down through the shallow river and climbed out again. I give credit to our driver who ... more

... got us there safely with no damage to the bus. At Tiwanaki there were two very new museums; one only had a monolith - the Bennett Monolith or Pachamama -in it and nothing else. The story goes that at one time this monolith was moved to La Paz and that ...more

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Tiwanaku (Bolivia): Tiwanaku, where are you? (932 words)
by - written on 15/01/09 (Very useful, 142 readings)
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Tiwanaku is about 50 miles west of La Paz and near the south-eastern shore of Lake Titicaca in Bolivia. Tiwanaku (Tiahuanaco or Tihuanacu) has the Pre - Columbian ruins which were the capital of the state for over 500 years and are in the process of being excavated. The city dates back as far as 1500BC but it is between 300BC and 300AD that Tiwanaku is thought to have been a religious pilgrimage centre and at the height of its importance. Today it is a UNESCO World Heritage site administered by the Bolivian government. Prior to this there have been a number of archaeological investigations, some more sensitive than others. The price of entry to ... Read the complete review