Is Tiwanaku Earths Most Ancient Culture?
Tiwanaku Home Page Tours Hotels Photos Forum Map Info Plan Your Trip var infolink_pid = 22599; Use the links above and below to view all pages related to Tiwanaku Tiwanaku (Tiahuanaco) is an ancient civilization that existed on the Bolivian Altiplano (the Andes highlands) near present-day La Paz long before the Incas conquered and colonized the region. Although much about the Tiahuanacotas remains unknown, archeologists have uncovered sufficient evidence to believe that the Tiwanaku ruins found near Lake Titicaca are the remnants of an ancient city and ceremonial site that functioned as the capital city of the Tiahuanacota culture. Because the indigenous groups that live in the highlands today claim this site as their own, many tourists believe Tiwanaku was an Incan, Aymara, or Quechua site; however, the Tiahuanacota culture, unrelated to them, actually inhabited this region and built this city hundreds and possibly thousands of years prior to their arrival. The Incas entered the regio
