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#6 Puma Punku's Megalithic Riddle Who Crafted These Mysterious Blocks
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Of the megalithic ruins of the world, one that still stupefies visitors to South America, researchers and laymen alike, is the complex of Puma Punku, a cluster of shattered hard stone building block components that lie undisturbed in the high altitude grasslands near Lake Titicaca. The strangest thing about Puma Punku is that the stone cutting technology found there is not present at other locations throughout the world. The stone cutting precision can only have been achieved utilizing machinery. But who and how were these created?
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