(ORDO NEWS) — This ancient “portal” was created from a single andesite block weighing about 10 tons and is 3.0 m high and 4.0 m wide. Some researchers claim that it dates back to around 15,000 BC.
Located near one of the most wonderful lakes on Earth – Lake Titicaca – the gate of the sun was built thousands of years ago by an ancient culture that inhabited modern Bolivia, at the archaeological site of Tiahuanaco.
Ever since European explorers stumbled upon a mysterious architectural object, archaeologists, historians and tourists have not ceased to be amazed at the Gates of the Sun.
Among experts, they are known as one of the best examples of the perfection that the building culture has achieved, both in art and in the symbolism that fills their reliefs.
In the past, the Gate of the Sun was part of a larger building that was most likely on top of the Akapana Pyramid or in the Kalasasaya Temple, where there are several structures made from the same material as the Gate of the Sun.
On the surface of the Gate of the Sun there are numerous images, the most recognizable of which is the image of Viracocha, who is depicted surrounded by winged creatures who kneel before him.
Perhaps these are images of the same winged creatures that we see in ancient Mesopotamia? There are 32 images with human faces and 16 with condor heads.
Viracocha is a great creator deity in Inca and Inca mythology of the pre-Inca period in the Andean region of South America.
According to legend, Viracocha rose from Lake Titicaca during the darkness to bring light and created the sun, moon and stars.
It is curious that this ancient deity, according to legend, created man by breathing air into the stones, but his first creation was mindless giants, which caused him displeasure.
Therefore, he destroyed them with a flood and created a new, more perfect one from smaller stones.
The gate was never finished, as experts found several unfinished figures, as if the carvers had abandoned one of their most magnificent structures in a hurry.
The sun gate has a crack in the upper right part, which divides the stone into two parts.
It is believed that it was struck by lightning, but it is impossible to verify this theory, since there are no traces of burns on or inside the stone.
If we turn to local legends that mention giants, then when thrown to the ground, the stone cracked, splitting the gate of the sun into two parts.
It remains a mystery to archaeologists.
According to Aymara legend, the door holds a secret that the ancient Aymara left hidden to help a future humanity in need.
It is currently one of the most important monuments of Tiahuanco.
Tiahuanco – an urban complex – was the center of the ancient civilization of Tiahuanaco, an extremely advanced culture of the pre-Inca period, whose economy was based on agriculture, architecture and animal husbandry.
The ancient culture covered the territories of the Collao Plateau, located between southwestern Peru, western Bolivia, northern Argentina and northern Chile, regions from which it exerted its technological and religious influence on other existing civilizations.
The city of Tiahuanaco is characterized by an incredibly complex architectural style, adorned with countless reliefs, which in turn are shrouded in mystery.
The urban complex consists of several important architectural structures: the stepped platforms of Akapana, Akapana East and Pumapunku, the enclosures of Kalasasaya, Heri Kala, Putuni, as well as a semi-underground temple, Puerta del Sol (Gate of the Sun) and Puma Punku, which, in turn, has countless structures that defy the understanding of archaeologists.
As noted in recent studies, these architectural examples, as well as the Akapana gate, are distinguished by unique detailing and demonstrate high skill in stone processing.
This testifies to the knowledge of descriptive geometry. The correctness of the details suggests that they are part of a system of geometric patterns.
Tiahuanaco is believed to be one of the oldest cultures in South America, having existed from about 1500 BC to 1000 AD.
By all accounts, the ancient Tiahuanaco culture originated around 1580 BC.
This ancient culture is characterized by the presence of bronze tools and weapons, which gave it a great technological and military advantage over other cultures in the Americas during that period of history; evidence of this is that brass items were found in their buildings, as well as several tools and weapons excavated by experts.
Some authors, such as Arthur Posnansky, based on their archaeoastronomical methods, determined that Tiwanaku dates back to 15,000 BC.
Poznański’s theory states that after the great flood around 11,000 BC, human survivors developed advanced agricultural practices that are only today being studied by some experts.
In particular, this ancient culture managed, through crosses and techniques that are still not very well understood, to produce surplus production of maize, quinoa, kiwich, potatoes and poppies (a truly powerful nutrient still used today), even though the climate was excessively chilled.
In his famous book, Tiahuanaco, the Cradle of American Man, Poznansky puts forward two theories that he believes are necessary in order to consider Tiahuanaco the most ancient city on the surface of the planet.
Given its apparent antiquity, some scholars have suggested that Tiwanaku was the mother culture of all South American civilizations, others consider it the capital of an ancient megalithic empire or a great empire that spread throughout the Central Andes.
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