Puma Punku is a megalithic structure atop a 13,000 ft plateau with massive blocks fitting together without mortar. The site location is part of the Tiwanaku Site near Tiwanaku, Bolivia. The age is estimated conservatively at about 2000 years old, but many people believe they are much older, with some guesses as early as 14,000 years old. The heaviest of these stones is 450 tons. At Puma Punku you will find incredible stones with perfect right angles, almost smooth as glass, this makes Puma Punku unique.
Puma Punku was purposely integrated with Illimani mountain, a sacred peak that the Tiwanaku (Tiahuanaco) possibly believed to be home to the spirits of their dead. This area was believed to have existed between heaven and Earth. The spiritual significance and the sense of wonder would have been amplified into a "mind-altering and life-changing experience" through the use of hallucinogenic plants.
Puma Punku was purposely integrated with Illimani mountain, a sacred peak that the Tiwanaku (Tiahuanaco) possibly believed to be home to the spirits of their dead. This area was believed to have existed between heaven and Earth. The spiritual significance and the sense of wonder would have been amplified into a "mind-altering and life-changing experience" through the use of hallucinogenic plants.
It is 167.36 metres (549.1 feet) wide along its north-south axis and 116.7 metres (383 feet) long along its east-west axis. On the northeast and southeast corners of the Puma Punku it has 20-metre (66-foot) wide projections that extend 27.6 metres (91 feet) north and south from the rectangular mound. The eastern edge of the Puma Punku is occupied by what is called the "Plataforma LÃtica". The Plataforma LÃtica consists of a stone terrace that is 6.75 by 38.72 metres (22.1 by 127.0 feet) in dimension. This terrace is paved with multiple, enormous stone blocks. It contains the largest stone slab found in both the Puma Punku and Tiwanaku Site, measuring 7.81 metres (25.6 feet) long, 5.17 metres (17.0 feet) wide and averages 1.07 m (3 ft 6 in) thick. Based upon the specific gravity of the red sandstone from which it was carved, this stone slab has been estimated to weigh 131 metric tons.
What makes this even more amazing is that many of these blocks were cut from diorite, an insanely hard rock that was used in ancient times to cut other rocks. The grooves in the diorite are machine-made, some as small as a centimeter deep with only 1 mm variation.
Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pumapunku
http://www.toplessrobot.com/2011/08/6_ancient_things_that_were_probably_built_by_alien.php
http://www.ancient-code.com/12-facts-about-puma-punku/
Pic SOurce:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:7_Puma_Punku.jpg
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