Bennett monolith
The Bennett Monolith , also known as the Pachamama Monolith , 'is the largest statue found within the Tiwanaku ruins . The monolith was built by the Tiwanaku culture , a pre-Columbian civilization. The capital of the Tiwanaku culture was the city of Tiwanaku, it is located near Lake Titicaca in Bolivia .
architecture
The Bennett Monolith is 7.20 meters high, 1.20 meters wide and weighs 20 tons. It stands on a pedestal and is made of andesite . The monolith has an anthropomorphic shape. The figure carries two objects in its hands, has a crown, a waist belt and various decorations.
discovery
The monolith was by the American archaeologist of the American Museum of Natural History New York, Wendell Clark Bennett discovered. He found it during excavations of the underground temple of Tiwanaku at the end of June 1932. The monolith is particularly similar to the monolith "el Fraile" (Spanish for the monk ), which is also located at Tiwanaku.
Historical pictures
Bennett Monolith 1939
When the monolith was discovered in 1933
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