TIAHUANACO, GATEWAY TO THE GODS.

While cultures like Mesopotamia (Irak), Egypt or Iran can be traced back to 4, 000 B.C., the mysterious ruins of TIAHUANACO, in BOLIVIA, could be 14, 000 years old!
TIAHUANACO is located on the Southern shore of LAKE TITICACA. In the past, the lake was much higher and its shores lapped Tiahuanaco.
This kingdom thrived at an elevation of 13, 000 feet (3, 940 meters) above the sea level. They manage to move stones weighing up to 200 tons (2, 000 kilograms) and invented modular building techniques.
The region was believed to have been populated by about 100, 000 people at its peak, based on the amount of pottery and other artifacts and the total land area (more than 400 acres). Multiple grid and maze like structures were a network of gardens and canals, capable of growing potatoes and other crops

The most famous site at TIAHUANACO is THE SUN GATE. This structure has been described as a
"CALENDAR," thus the SUN GATE has also been called "THE CALENDAR GATE."
This calendar sculpture depicts a "SOLAR YEAR," it cannot however be made to fit into the solar year as we divide it at present. The calendar has only 290 days, divided into twelve groups of 24 days each,
plus 2 intercalary days.
The ancient Tiahuanacan people knew that the earth was a globe which rotated on its axis and they calculated exactly the times of ECLIPSES - even those not visible at TIAHUANACO but visible in
the opposite hemisphere. Extraterrestrial connections were first suggested and have been perpetuated by discoveries of the apparent advanced knowledge that Tiahuanacan engineers seemed to possess - thousands of years ahead of other kingdoms. Tiahuanacans also divided the circle mathematically into
264 degrees (rather than 360 as was indicated by the Babylonians); they determined the correct ratio of pi (22/7), and they could calculate squares (also square roots).

The fact that the kingdom of TIAHUANACO appeared fully developed in this high altitude, arid and inhospitable land is a matter of discussion. Almost immediately they seem to have used advanced build-
ing techniques. Huge blocks were carved from single STONES and designed to fit together on the site
with exact precision and artistic style. The massive blocks are extremely stable, resisting both time and earthquakes.