Skeptoid #202: The Non-Mystery of Puma Punku by Brian Dunning #pumapunku #pumapunku #tiwanaka #tiahuanaco #SkeptoidPodcast #podcast #bot Though some claim the stone structures at Puma Punku were alien, archaeologists find no real mysteries there.
https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4202
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How did the Inca & Tiwanaku era builders construct their megalithic stone walls?
They would construct ramps to help move the stones into place.
Father Cobo, an early spanish chronicler, witnessed this technique firsthand by Indian workmen employed on the construction of the Cuzco cathedral.
Shown here is an unfinished chullpa (tomb) from the Lake Titicaca area.
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#archeology #inca #tiwanaku #tiahuanaco #megalithic #megaliths #ancientarchitecture #Peru #Anthropology