# The Gateway of the Sun

> The Gateway of the Sun

Source: https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/puma-punku/artifacts/ART0D69YSV871KM/the-gateway-of-the-sun  
Publisher: Mysteries Department  
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (credit Mysteries Department and link the page)  

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**ART** 0D69YSV871KM·Artifact · object

# The Gateway of the Sun

PhotographCC BY 2.0Tiwanaku period, about AD 500–1000

[Cite][Download](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/d/21b1be44afe8ec72f9b67a3b416eef1ea8a77de29bc182142b6de92e67cd4644)

[![The Gateway of the Sun: photo](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/v/21b1be44afe8ec72f9b67a3b416eef1ea8a77de29bc182142b6de92e67cd4644/w800)](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/21b1be44afe8ec72f9b67a3b416eef1ea8a77de29bc182142b6de92e67cd4644.jpg)

The Gateway of the Sun: photo

[![The Gateway of the Sun: photo](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/v/21b1be44afe8ec72f9b67a3b416eef1ea8a77de29bc182142b6de92e67cd4644/w800)][![The Gateway of the Sun: photo](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/1ed7dac2d7e8f6308f69cc1cde34aca03b8cb903192f75d115a7925587ef1917.jpg)][![The Gateway of the Sun: picture](https://mysteriesdept.com/media/folio/puma-punku-a-gateway-sun-c0)][![The Gateway of the Sun: picture](https://mysteriesdept.com/media/folio/puma-punku-a-gateway-sun-c1)]

jmage, 1000. CC BY 2.0

## Copies 4

**Photo** jmage · commons.wikimedia.org · 2009-12-22 · CC BY 2.01 step from the original

[Where it's published](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Puerta_del_Sol_en_Tiwanaku_(Bolivia).jpg)[Download](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/d/21b1be44afe8ec72f9b67a3b416eef1ea8a77de29bc182142b6de92e67cd4644)

**Photo** Arthur Posnansky · commons.wikimedia.org · 1903/1904 · Public domain (PD-Bolivia)1 step from the original

[Where it's published](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Puerta_monolitica_(Puerta_del_Sol.)_1903-1904.jpg)[Download](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/d/1ed7dac2d7e8f6308f69cc1cde34aca03b8cb903192f75d115a7925587ef1917)

**Picture** jmage · commons.wikimedia.org · CC BY 2.01 step from the original

[Where it's published](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Puerta_del_Sol_en_Tiwanaku_(Bolivia).jpg)

**Picture** Arthur Posnansky · commons.wikimedia.org · Public domain (PD-Bolivia)1 step from the original

[Where it's published](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Puerta_monolitica_(Puerta_del_Sol.)_1903-1904.jpg)

## Where it is kept

[Tiwanaku](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0D69YBXY52TJ/tiwanaku) · Archaeological city

## Sources 2

- [The Stones of Tiahuanaco: A Study of Architecture and Construction](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0D69Y98073FQ/the-stones-of-tiahuanaco-a-study-of-architecture-and)_SRC_
- [Tiwanaku urban origins: distributed centers and animate landscapes](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0D69Y9QM22TD/tiwanaku-urban-origins-distributed-centers-and-animate)_SRC_

## Cite it

```
Mysteries Department. (2026). The Gateway of the Sun [Artifact ART0D69YSV871KM]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ART0D69YSV871KM
```

Key

**ART** 0D69YSV871KM

Kind

Object

Held by

In situ, Kalasasaya, Tiwanaku (moved in antiquity or later; not in its original position)

Dated

Tiwanaku period, about AD 500–1000

Licence

CC BY 2.0

Place

[Tiwanaku](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0D69YBXY52TJ/tiwanaku)

Part of

[Puma Punku and Tiwanaku](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/puma-punku)

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