Tiwanaku: The ancient ruin city of pre-Inca (Part – 1)

By Asad Russel – 

About the Tiwanaku, Bolivia:
In Bolivia of Lake Titicaca near the southern shore located the Tiwanaku city which also spelled as the Tuahuanaco, of a pre-Inca civilization who were powerful was the capital between the 500 and 900 AD the Andean region that dominated. The alien like faces the mysterious carvings, monoliths, symbolic gates, a pyramid and several temples which includes of this great culture remains the monumental now. By the god of Inca Viracoca of Lake Titicaca from the depth who rose of creation as the site regarded the Tiwanaku by the Incas who arrived later.

The History of the Tiwanaku:
Around 600BC to have dawned I believed the people the Tiwanaku what became that eventually the civilization. On their great city and the site of ceremonial the construction around 700 AD began and for the several many centuries flourished.

To 20,000 inhabitants was home the city as its height and of land about 2.6 square kilometers covered. Into obscurity had faded the people of the Tiwanaku by the 1200 AD, but on the Incas it strong influence of religious on through lived the culture. Into five periods the history of the Tiwanaku have divided the archaeologists.

To the region who later moved the Incas, by a civilization of earlier not was built the city believed, but himself by their god Viracoca. Where were created the first human was the place the Tiwanaku for the Incas and over the civilization reigned from which the Viracoca the capital.

The Spanish since the arrival, all over the world have been scattered the treasures of the Tiwanaku. By the Spanish was looted its gold, of course by the Catholic zealots were destroyed some artifacts as the pagan idols who considered them.

By the church were kept the statues or as curiosities by the church sold. For the projects of the Spanish colonial construction were used the larger stones, near the site which passes the railway bed was among them.

To museums made it way some of the artwork fortunately, and in Bolivia still remains a portion. On site have been left the statues of stone, in L Paz at the Museo National de Arqueologia and on site Museo Litico Monumental can be seen other artifacts.

At the Tiwanaku what to see:
Around the many megalithic sites of ancient time as with, their monumental temples to construct went to the great lengths the builders of the Tiwanaku. Each as much as 25 tons weigh around the site which lay the slabs of sandstones and basalt. And 40 kilometers away on the Copacabana peninsula are the basalt stones that could have produced the nearest quarries. More than 5 kilometer away came from the sandstone blocks.

The Akapana pyramid at the Tiwanaku is the most stunning structure perhaps, over a geological formation which existing was built. In shape roughly square, at its base 16 square meters it covers. There is a sunken oval area of the flat summit in the center, of early Spanish looters to the digging attributed generally.

Will Continue……..

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