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239 ages on the Gate of the Sun (Fig. 107a) and their similarity to depictions in ancient Hittite sites in Turkey (Fig. 107b), I have suggested that the gold (and tin!) obtainment operations there were supervised by Ishkur/Adad, Enlil’s youngest son. His domain in the Old World was Anatolia, where he was worshipped by the Hittites as Teshub, the “weather god” whose symbol was the lightning rod; such a huge symbol, enigmatically carved on a steep mountainside (Fig. 108), can be seen from the air or from out in the ocean in the Bay of Paracas, Peru, a natural harbor downhill from Tiwanaku. Nicknamed the Candelabra, the symbol is 420 feet long and 240 feet wide, and its lines, which are 5 to 15 feet wide, have When the Gods Left Earth FIGURE I107a FIGURE 107b