5000-Year-Old Burial of High-Status Woman with Feathered Mantle Unearthed in Peru’s Caral Civilization
Archaeologists in Peru have announced the remarkable discovery of a 5,000-year-old tomb of a high-status woman at the Áspero archaeological site, an ancient fishing settlement and a significant satellite city within the Caral civilization, the oldest known civilization in the Americas. The well-preserved remains, unearthed by Dr. Ruth Shady Solís and her team from the
A New Pyramid of the Caral Culture, Known as the Oldest Civilization in South America, Discovered
A team from the Caral Archaeological Zone has uncovered a new pyramidal structure in “Sector F” of the Chupacigarro archaeological site. This site is located just one kilometer west of the Sacred City of Caral-Supe, a UNESCO World Heritage site, in the Supe Valley, Barranca province, Lima Region, Peru. Dr. Ruth Shady leads the multidisciplinary