The Caral civilization flourished between 3000 and 1800 BCE, emerging 45 centuries before the Inca civilization. Áspero, an ancient fishing city of the Caral civilization, is located at the Huaca ...

Archaeologists have uncovered the burial site of an elite woman in Áspero, an ancient Caral fishing town in Peru’s Lima region. Her skin, hair, and nails are exceptionally preserved, which is ...

A team of archaeologists discovered the burial of a high-ranking woman at the Áspero archaeological site, an ancient fishing town of the Caral civilization (3000–1800 BCE), located in the province of ...

Archaeologists recently unearthed the burial in the archaeological site of Áspero—once a developed fishing town of the Caral civilization, a group that lived in coastal Peru between about 3000 ...

The ancient remains of a woman believed have held a significant status within the pre-Columbian Caral civilization have been unearthed in the Áspero archaeological site in Peru. The woman ...

Caral society developed between 3000 and 1800 B.C., around the same time as other cultures in Mesopotamia, Egypt, and China. Although men are thought to have been leaders in that society, women are ...

Scholars also don't know the historical names of Caral and Aspero. Archaeologists are now analyzing the woman's body and grave goods to find out more about her health, what she ate and how she died.

Archaeologists have uncovered the 5,000-year-old remains of an elite woman from Peru’s ancient Caral civilization. The discovery offers new insights into women's roles in one of the oldest cultures of ...