Case file · Sacred site
Underwater offerings at Khoa reef, Titicaca
Belgian and Bolivian archaeologists led by Christophe Delaere published in 2019 their dives on the Khoa reef off the Isla del Sol, where Tiwanaku people sank stone boxes holding offerings around AD 500–1000.
2019 CE · -15.95, -69.20 · status: official
The account
Finds included sacrificed young llamas and gold and shell objects, showing the lake itself was worshipped long before the Inca.
Connections in the atlas
- 'Sunken temple' of Lake Titicaca
- Isla del Sol, birthplace of the Sun
- Christ of the Abyss, San Fruttuoso