Tiwanaku is a megalithic stone site in Bolivia that mainstream archeologists believe was erected around the sixth century CE. However, the advanced quality of the stonework, as well as a few clues in the remaining carvings, suggest that Tiwanaku may, in fact, be a monument to a lost civilization thousands of years before the Incas.

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Think Anomalous is created by Jason Charbonneau.

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