159:, "The works of art and the architectural style of the prehistoric city are certainly not of Indian styleâŠRather they are probably the creations of Nordic men who arrived in the Andean Highlands as representatives of a special civilization.". Kiss theorized that the original builders of Tiwanaku were Nordic peoples who had begun construction of Tiwanaku almost one million years ago. Kiss claimed that the same
84:(Die letzte Königin von Atlantis) he equated the mythical northern land Thule to the origins of humanity. According to Kiss 'The inhabitants of Northern Atlantis were led by their leader Baldur Wieborg, a native of the mythical Thule who migrated all across the world'. He later described the return journey of the Nordic Thulians to their mythical homeland in
151:. Posnansky had been undertaking research at Tiwanaku since the early 1900s and suggested that the temples built on the site predated the traditionally accepted date of 200 C.E. and were instead constructed around 17,000 B.C.E. Posnansky used pseudoscientific astronomical calculations on one of the walls at the site to obtain this date.
269:. Kiss's novel also included a large collection of reconstructive illustrations he created of Tiwanaku. These illustrations drew more from Kiss's fantasies than from actual archaeological work. Furthermore, his reconstructions show signs that they were also influenced by Nazi monumental architecture.
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In 1928, Kiss used a 20,000 Mark reward he received in a writing contest to fund an expedition to
Tiwanaku. Kiss generally agreed with Posnansky's findings and came to the conclusion that the ruins were not Andean in origin. These findings were based on Kiss's personal opinion that the ruins were
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concluded the cost for the expedition would've come to around 100,000 Reichsmarks. The expedition was delayed indefinitely following the German invasion of Poland. The expedition was canceled in 1941.
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Posnansky, Edmund Kiss, and the Ahnenerbe Expedition to Tiwanaku Boliviaââ. Bundoora: The University of La Trobe, n.d.
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Posnansky, Edmund Kiss, and the Ahnenerbe Expedition to Tiwanaku Boliviaââ. Bundoora: The University of La Trobe, n.d.
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Posnansky, Edmund Kiss, and the Ahnenerbe Expedition to Tiwanaku Boliviaââ. Bundoora: The University of La Trobe, n.d.
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Tiwanaku. Kiss did not publish a comprehensive work detailing his findings at Tiwanaku until 1937, when he published
206:, a monolithic carved gateway located at Tiwanaku. The Gateway of the Sun is known for its intricate carvings, with the central figure known as the front-facing figure or
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that it resembles a Nordic man. The interpretation as a "Nordic Man's Head" is an interpretation based on racist assumptions.
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