Skeptoid #202: The Non-Mystery of Puma Punku

Skeptoid

Brian Dunning

Science, History, Paranormal, Urban Legends, Skeptic, Skepticism, Conspiracy Theories, Social Sciences

4.6 • 3K Ratings

🗓️ 20 April 2010

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Though some claim the stone structures at Puma Punku were alien, archaeologists find no real mysteries there.

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0:00.0	Few surviving structures in the ancient world are subject to as much pseudo-science and
0:09.0	fake history as is Puma Pumku, one of the complexes at Tiwanaku in Bolivia.
0:15.2	Curiously, almost everything claimed about it by the pseudo historians is trivially easy
0:21.2	to disprove.
0:23.0	Today we're going to have a look at this fascinating structure to separate what's true from
0:28.0	what's not.
0:29.7	Puma Pumku is coming right up, Unskeptoid.
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1:25.9	The mystery of Puma Pumku.
1:29.4	Today we're going to climb high into the amdees and take a look at an ancient structure
1:34.1	that has been cloaked with as much pop culture mystery as just about any other on Earth.
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