Indeed, while gold, silver and gemstones were valued commodities in Tiwanaku, real wealth was counted in textiles. No pre-Columbian Andean society –either before or after Tiwanaku–seems to ...

Located in Bolivia, near Lake Titicaca, the ancient 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.

Discover the fascinating history of Tiwanaku in Bolivia and explore the theory that it was an industrial complex over 12,000 years ago. #Tiwanaku #AncientCivilizations #Bolivia ‘Pathetic ...

Tiwanaku, the spiritual and political centre of Bolivia’s Tiwanaku culture, is seventy kilometres west of La Paz and fifteen kilometres from the shores of Lake Titicaca. Inscribed on UNESCO’s World ...

Typical Tiwanaku-period offerings at Khoa Reef in Lake Titicaca, Bolivia, including stone carvings and sacrificial animal bones. Image courtesy of Teddy Seguin Hundreds of years before the Inca ...

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

The findings provide evidence of repetitive rituals practiced by the Tiwanaku elites, according to a research report published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences on April 1.

Six years later, researchers think they now know what the objects represent—evidence of a religion that helped the Tiwanaku state become a dominant force in the region. Results of the excavation ...

Tiwanaku was based in the southern Lake Titicaca Basin. At its peak, its population was estimated to have been between 10,000 and 20,000. Scientists have now found out more about how this society ...