Megalithic Portal: Latest from Bolivia

Pataspata Temple

TheDruid-3X3 — Thu, 23 Oct 2025 18:00:53 GMT

]]>A vast stone temple built 1,000 years ago by one of South America's most powerful civilizations has been uncovered in the Andes. Archaeologists discovered the temple, known as Palaspata, atop a ridge in the remote highlands southeast of Lake Titicaca, near the small community of Ocotavi in western Bolivia. The large structure was the craftsmanship of the Tiwanaku civilization, which left a mark on the world with impressive stone structures, advanced irrigation systems, and unique art and pottery before vanishing around 1000CE.

Tiwanaku

davidmorgan — Wed, 02 Oct 2019 17:00:13 GMT

]]>Ceramic vessels decorated with images of fish and birds have been discovered at the Kalasasaya temple at Tiwanaku, a spiritual and political centre of the eponymous Tiwanaku culture located near the southern shore of Lake Titicaca, More details in the comments on our page.. The Tiwanaku culture existed as a city-state from 600 to 1000CE, but this site was occupied from 200BCE onwards. It is considered to have been one of the first cultures in South American that could be considered an "Empire." Tiwanaku had a sphere of influence (if not control) among neighbouring groups and it marshalled resources for public works including irrigation and system of canals and raised beds which allowed an intensive agriculture.

Mairana Circular Pyramid

bat400 — Mon, 29 Dec 2014 03:55:18 GMT

More-Than-2,000-Year Pyramid Discovered in Bolivia. Pyramid / Mastaba in Santa Cruz Department.A circular pyramid of three levels, with a base diameter of 180 meters and a height of about 14 meters. The discovery was announced in November 2014 by archaeologist Danilo Drakic, coordinator of the excavation project.

El Fuerte de Samaipata

bat400 — Sun, 30 Nov 2014 06:13:37 GMT

Pyramid / Mastaba in Santa Cruz Department.Built by the Chané people starting in around 300AD, the original site appears to be ceremonial or religious in nature, with parallel lines carved into an exposed bedrock. These may have an astronomical association.

La Fuente del Inca

davidmorgan — Wed, 21 Nov 2012 21:37:58 GMT

]]>Holy Well or Sacred Spring in Bolivia

Sucre Museum of Anthropology

davidmorgan — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 13:13:39 GMT

Museum in Bolivia

Pokotia Monolith

Michelledubois — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 15:24:22 GMT

]]>The Pokotia Monolith is a stone statue excavated the pre-Incan site of Pokotia, which is around 10 km south of Tiahuanaco (Tiwanaku).

Pumapunku

Andy B — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 19:20:29 GMT

]]>Video of Puma Punku by Brien Foerster showing details and close ups of some of the surfaces. Pumapunku is part of a large temple complex or monument group that is part of the Tiwanaku Site near Tiwanaku, Bolivia. In Aymara, its name means, “The Door of the Cougar”. The Pumapunku complex consists of an unwalled western court, a central unwalled esplanade, a terraced platform mound that is faced with megalithic stone, and a walled eastern court.

Tiwanaku - Akapana Pyramid

bat400 — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 03:49:48 GMT

]]>Renovations to attract tourists to Akapana pyramid may end in building being removed from UN list of archaeological treasures. Pyramid in Bolivia. Built around 1200 BC and is described by experts as one of the biggest pre-Columbian constructions in South America (45 feet high.)

Suriki Island

davidmorgan — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 08:47:54 GMT

]]>The craftsmen from this island built Thor Heyerdahl's reed boat Ra II which successfully crossed the Atlantic.

Copacabana Ceremonial Center

bat400 — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 03:59:36 GMT

See comment.. Ancient Temple in La Paz State, Bolivia. An ancient ceremonial site in eastern Bolivia dating as far back as 3,000 years ago. Remains were found when clearing the ground to build a new market in the tourist town of Copacabana, on the shores of Lake Titicaca. Some relics go back as far as 3,000 years, when a little-known religious tradition called Yayamama is thought to have flourished in the Andes.

Cerro Rico

davidmorgan — Sun, 17 Jun 2007 12:05:50 GMT

]]>Ancient Mine or Quarry in Bolivia. El Cerro Rico (The Rich Mountain) is the reason the city of Potosí (a World Heritage site) exists. Originally mined by the Inca, Huayna Capac, it was taken over by the Spanish in 1546 and during the next 250 years they extracted 45,000 tons of pure silver from it.

Tarapaya

davidmorgan — Fri, 25 May 2007 15:03:40 GMT

]]>Hot Spring in Potosi Department of Bolivia. A volcanic hot spring developed by the Inca as thermal baths. It's a bit spooky in the middle where you lose buoyancy in the bubbling waters. When the Spanish arrived to dredge for gold they declared it "bottomless".

Loma Chacolatalito

bat400 — Tue, 28 Nov 2006 13:58:03 GMT

Attached article - Japanese dig finds thousands of midden artifacts within the mound.. Artificial Mound in Bolivia. The Amazonian area of eastern Bolivia includes the wide, flat river valley of Llanos des Mojos, washed over in yearly floods. The first Europeans to enter this area found what appeared to be a primitive hunter-gatherer culture. But in the 1960's a geographer, William Denevan, saw a series of straight line causeways throughout the area, stretching over thousands of acres.

(Non) Ground-breaking project to survey pre-Inca site

Andy B — Fri, 07 Jan 2005 14:07:07 GMT

University of Pennsylvania Museum archaeologists working at the renowned ancient site of Tiwanaku in Bolivia have joined forces with a team of engineers, mathematicians, computer scientists and anthropologists to begin a large-scale, subsurface surveying project using equipment and techniques that may one day serve as a model for future archaeological efforts worldwide.