View from the top of the pyramid

Kalasaya in the background


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Blog: Second biggest pyramid (outside of Egypt)!!
Date: December 3rd 2004

On Friday before leaving for Sucre we went to visit Tiwanaku(or Tiahuanaco). This is Bolivia´s most famous archaelogical site. It is believed to be the capital city of the pre-Incan Aymara civilisation who lived around Lake Titicaca. The city consists of temples, dwellings and a huge (and as yet to be fully excavated) pyramid. The pyramid is said to rival any of the others found in Mexico or else ... read more







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