Pyramid Explorer

Akapana Pyramid

Tiwanaku, La Paz, Bolivia

Seven-tiered terraced platform mound, shaped like a half Andean cross. Height: 16.5 m. Date: Tiwanaku site c. 110–1000 CE; the Akapana's own date has not been established (one source: c. 200 BCE – 200 CE).

Ceremonial temple of the Tiwanaku civilization. A seven-tiered structure at Tiwanaku. Osmanagich mentions the Akapana's blocks in one of his articles.

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