• Foto Number: PER-326

Very often, on the heights of the Collao Altiplano around Lake Titicaca, one finds those strange monolithic chullpas, mummy graves of high-ranking leaders and members of a mysterious race that existed "before the sun rose". The blunt, 12 m high burial tower of Cutimbo, near Puno, has a relief with pumas at its base.

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  South America Peru Puno Altiplano Puma Pre-Inca Cotimbo stone engraving precolombian Archaeology chullpa Burial tower Prehistoric