Archeologist David Palomino told Reuters that the way in which the woman’s skin, hair and nails were preserved indicates she was of "high status" in the ancient Caral civilization. Researchers ...

Peruvian archaeologists unearthed an exceptional tomb at the archaeological site of Áspero, revealing the remains of an elite woman from the ancient Caral civilization, dating back about 5,000 years.

Located less than half a mile from the Pacific Ocean and spanning 46.45 acres, archaeologists identified 22 architectural complexes associated with America’s oldest civilization. The Caral ...

or that they had more prominent roles in society" women had "played a very important role in the Caral civilization." Caral society developed between 3000 and 1800 BC, around the same time as ...

Excavations at the fishing settlement of Áspero are yielding some of the best looks yet at the Caral civilization, an Andean society established around the same time as the rise of ancient Egypt.

Archaeologists in Peru have discovered a 5,000-year-old fire altar, offering insight into the life of the ancient Caral ...

Archaeologists have discovered an exquisite ancient burial of an elite woman belonging to the Caral Civilization. © Peru Ministry of Culture Roughly around the same ...

The Caral civilization, active around 3000 B.C., thrived in isolation at the same time as the Egyptian pyramids were rising and Mesopotamia was inventing writing.

LIMA (Reuters) -Archaeologists in coastal Peru have discovered the 5,000-year-old remains of a woman who may have belonged to the upper echelons of the ancient Caral civilization, a find they say ...

Archaeologists in Peru said Thursday they found the 5,000-year-old remains of a noblewoman at the sacred city of Caral ... by women in the oldest center of civilization in the Americas.

Buried for five millennia and forgotten beneath what was once a coastal dump, the tomb of a powerful woman from Peru’s ancient Caral civilization has just resurfaced—and it’s rewriting the ...