What does the Aymara term "taypiqala", once used to refer to Tiwanaku, mean?
"Stone in the center"
"City of the sun"
"Land of the gods"
"Place of the moon"
Answer
Jesuit chronicler Bernabé Cobo reported that Tiwanaku's name once was "taypiqala", which is Aymara for "stone in the center". This alludes to the belief that Tiwanaku was considered the center of the world.
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