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HARUN YAHYA

The Astonishing Remains
in the City of Tiahuanaco

At about 4,000 meters (13,000 feet) above sea level, in the Andes
Mountains between Bolivia and Peru, the city of Tiahuanaco is full of
ruins that stun visitors. The region is regarded as one of the archaeo-
logical marvels of South America, indeed, of the entire world.
One of the most astonishing remains in Tiahuanaco is a calen-
dar that shows the equinoxes, the seasons, and the position of the
Moon at every hour and its motions. This calendar is one of the
proofs that the people living there possessed a highly advanced
technology. Among the other astonishing remains in Tiahuanaco are
monuments made out of huge stone blocks, some of them weighing
as much as 100 tons.
A Reader's Digest au-
thor wrote, ". . . the best en-
gineers of today still ask
themselves whether they
could cut and move huge
masses of rock such as those
used to build the city. The
giant blocks look almost as
though a die were used to cut
them. . ." 41

It is impossible for stones
weighing many tons each, used
here in the South American city
of Tiahuanaco, to be transported
without steel cables, winches,
and other construction equip-
ment.

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