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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…