Puma Punku
Pumapunku is a temple complex located in Tiwanaku, Bolivia. In Quechua, the name Puma Punku means, "The Door of the Cougar." It Is situated near the south eastern shore of Lake Titicaca, and sits on a Plateau of the Andes about 12,600 feet high. The temple stood at Least 56 feet tall and took up an area of 164 feet square. Archaeologists have also researched that some of the blocks used to Build the temple weigh approximately 100-130 tons.
Tiahuanacu (also called Tiwanaku) is a mystery because of its age (Estimated to be 17,000 years) and the peculiar stone technology. Today there is little doubt that Tiahuanaco was a major sacred Ceremonial centre and focal point of a culture that spread across much Of the region. The ancient people built a stone pyramid known as the Akapana.
Puma Punku is part of the Tiwanaku, mysterious ruins on the Bolivian Altiplano 70km from La Paz. There are mysteries in Tiwanaku. Tiwanaku civilization possessed the secret of moving the objects to Large distances, which you see from the huge monuments made of Stone. One complex in the area is called Puma Punku.
"Puma Punku, is part of the Tiahuanacu complex, found near the city of La Paz. It seems to be the remains of a wharf, since Lake Titicaca Seems to have extended beyond it’s current limits. There is little to see But large stones on ground but a massive, four-part, now collapsed Building. One of the construction blocks from which the pier seems to Have been made weighs an estimated 440 tons and several other Blocks laying about are between 100 and 150 tons" See Some Pictures Below.
On the rock cliffs near the piers and wharfs of the port area of the Ruins are yellow-white calcareous deposits forming long, straight lines Indicating pre-historic water levels. These ancient shorelines are Strangely tilted, although once they must have been level.
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