By Dario Radley, Archaeology News: Archaeologists have unearthed a previously unknown temple complex in Bolivia, belonging to the Tiwanaku civilization, one of South America’s oldest and most influential ancient cultures. The temple, built on a hill in the Caracollo municipality, approximately 215 km (130 miles) southeast of the main site at Tiwanaku near Lake Titicaca, was…
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Scientific project will help restore identity to the mummies | Proyecto científico contribuirá a restituir identidad de las momias
By Edwin Conde Villarreal, El Diario: National Museum of Archaeology An interdisciplinary scientific project that includes the facial reconstruction of several individuals from the mummy collection at the National Museum of Archaeology (Munarq) will restore the identity of pre-Hispanic inhabitants of the Bolivian highlands, with the participation and consensus of current residents of the region’s…
Ritual Site Connected to Ancient Andean Cults Discovered in Bolivia | Sitio ritual relacionado con antiguos cultos andinos descubierto en Bolivia
Ashley Cowie, Ancient-Origins: Archaeologists in Bolivia have discovered 135 ancient hilltop sites including an enormous circular structure where they say members of ancient Andean cults would have once worshipped the sun. The sacred circle was in the middle of a vast ritualized landscape, which is only just coming to light. Ancient Bolivia is perhaps most…
Iskanwaya
Pagina Siete: Governor’s office will promote the Iskanwaya site It is located in the municipality of Aucapata, eight hours away from La Paz. It is made up of almost a hundred buildings, the last signs of the disappeared Mollo culture, which is why Iskanwaya receives the attention of the Government, which seeks to position it…
Tiwanaku rituals and gastronomic recipes are recovered – Recuperan rituales y recetas gastronómicas de Tiwanaku
Juan Pablo Garcia reports for Pagina Siete: Tiwanaku rituals and gastronomic recipes are recovered The delivery of the document, which includes more than 70 recipes, was made yesterday with a typical apthapi, in which chuño, trout, quinoa, cheese and oca were tasted. The Food Gastronomic Integration Movement (MIGA) delivered a document with the inventory of…
Correction: Bolivia-Tiwanaku Vessels story … NOT 400 but 1,400 years!
AP reports for Yahoo: Bolivia Archaeology Discovery Workers extract pre-Hispanic vessels at the Kalasasaya temple in the ancient city of Tiwanaku, Bolivia, Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2019. Bolivian archaeologists will present the findings of a recent discovery of ancient vessels unearthed in a dig on the site once home to one of the most significant pre-Hispanic…
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