Description of the attraction
Tiwanaku is an archaeological site 70 km from the city of La Paz. The famous scientist Arthur Poznansky was the first to study the mysterious ruins in the 19th century. He devoted half a century of his life to this fascinating occupation. He devoted many books to the work of his whole life, and in each he tried to unravel the mystery of the mysterious ruins. Their origin and destination. He believed that the birth of the complex took place in the 15th century BC, thanks to the ancestors of the Aymara Indians. However, the latest studies have refuted this information and put the date of the flourishing of culture in Tiwanaku - 3-10 centuries AD. The ancient city was built on the southern shore of Lake Titicaca, and was surrounded by a powerful defense - a huge artificial moat, powerful walls. Behind all this lived, developed and prospered a large city with military and administrative buildings, housing estates, artisan quarters, many canals and reservoirs and storage facilities for food supplies. Here, in a city of amazing architecture, where all buildings were distinguished by exceptional geometric correctness, and the culture of Tiwanaku, which was revered by the Incas, was born. Only myths and legends about the fate of this mysterious civilization and the ruins, which were previously a cultural center with a pronounced ceremonial and astronomical significance, have survived to modern times. The ancient architects, first of all, tried to show through their buildings the scheme of the movement of the soul from life to death, the so-called. reincarnation process. And also a fairly advanced understanding of the model of the world.
