shorten Explore the mysteries of Puma Punku and Tiwanaku in Bolivia, where massive precision-cut stones and famous H-blocks ...

Researchers led by Bolivian archaeologist José Capriles (Penn State University) discovered the Palaspata temple, a ceremonial complex linked to the Tiwanaku civilization, in Ocotavi, Oruro, Bolivia, ...

Kolata began his dig at Luqurmata last summer around the outer perimeters of Luqurmata`s temple buildings on the hill. Three skeletons–two of them headless, the third with no head and torso but its ...

Located near Lake Titicaca in Bolivia, the millennia-old city of Tiwanaku was built almost 13,000 feet (4,000 meters) above sea level, making it one of the highest urban centers ever constructed.

Long before the Inka (commonly known as Inca in English) rose to power, a mysterious civilization bloomed on the edge of Lake Titicaca. Known as Tiwanaku, it began as a humble farming village in the ...

A newly uncovered ancient temple in the Bolivian Andes is offering archaeologists rare new insights into the Tiwanaku civilization, a once-powerful society that existed over a thousand years ago and ...

Explore Puma Punku and Tiwanaku in Bolivia, sites of ancient, unexplained construction. Brien Foerster presents drone footage and on-location analysis of massive stone blocks, questioning traditional ...

An underwater excavation of Bolivia's Lake Titicaca has revealed extensive ritual offerings made by the early elite during the founding stages of the Tiwanaku state—a civilization established around 1 ...

The city of Tiwanaku, capital of a powerful pre-Hispanic empire that dominated a large area of the southern Andes and beyond, reached its apogee between 500 and 900 AD. Its monumental remains testify ...

In the case of an emperor`s death, there would be several days of citywide mourning, while the royal kin gathered from far and wide for the state funeral. The mourning would be characterized by an ...