Tiahuanaco or Tiwanacu was an ancient civilization that had developed impressive and massive building construction, technique that was absorbed by the Incas, when I was in Cuzco, was pleasantly surprised when the tour guide mention that fact. The above opinion is from Bolivian Thoughts. EFE reports via Al Dia Culture: Reconstructing ancient skulls in Bolivia…
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An application is prepared to admire Bolivian archaeological sites
El Diario reports: Virtual visits An application is prepared to see archaeological sites • The donation made by the Government of Belgium makes possible this technological advance in favor of the national culture The application of a state-of-the-art technology will allow visitors to walk through archaeological sites in three dimensions through virtual visits, thereby saving…
Museum conserves giant mammal skull in Oruro
Edwin Conde Villarreal reports for El Diario, excerpts follow: Museum conserves giant mammal skull in Oruro • The animal could have measured four to five meters long and with a diet exclusively of leaves and herbs, sometimes of grains, was an herbivore that lived in the Quaternary period. The fossilized skull of a lazy bear…
The top five things to do in La Paz, Bolivia
Jill MacNab writes for News Hub: The top five things to do in La Paz, Bolivia If you read much about travel, you can’t fail to have noticed Bolivia popping up on nearly every ‘top 10 countries to visit’ over the last two years. It’s in that perfect sweet spot of still being completely local…
The curious customs of Copacabana, the original one!
Jenny Adams for the BBC: The curious customs of Copacabana On Lake Titicaca’s southern edge, Copacabana, Bolivia, is famed for an ancient relic, miracles and a religious rite that includes showering new cars in cold beer. My first thoughts were that Copacabana, Bolivia, looks a lot like Italy’s Amalfi Coast. From a distance, across the…
139 years of Chile’s aggression against Bolivian sovereignty
El Diario reports: 139 years of Chile’s aggression against national sovereignty [Bolivia lost its maritime attributes and with that enormous development possibilities overseas] 139 years have passed when around 1,500 armed men of Chilean troops disembarked in the Bolivian Littoral, provoking fear among the population, especially women, who were subjected to all kinds of events…
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