The Semi-Subterranean Temple at Tiwanaku, a sunken courtyard whose inner walls are studded with carved stone heads representing diverse ethnic groups. At t
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The Semi-Subterranean Temple at Tiwanaku, a sunken courtyard whose inner walls are studded with carved stone heads representing diverse ethnic groups. At the centre stands the Bennett Monolith replica, a 7.3-metre tall carved stela. The sunken design may have been intended to symbolize the underworld in Andean cosmology.
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