The new discovery revealed the important role played by women in the oldest center of civilization in the Americas ... a sacred site within the city of Caral that was a garbage dump for over ...

The new discovery revealed the important role played by women in the oldest center of civilization in the Americas ... a sacred site within the city of Caral that was a garbage dump for over ...

An ancient woman’s recently discovered, richly adorned gravesite is helping archeologists better understand the complex gender relationships in South America’s oldest known civilization.

The Caral civilisation, considered the oldest in the Americas, dates back approximately 5,000 years. The finding has disinterred the surprisingly well conserved remains of an elite woman ...

An archaeological site that used to be a garbage dump has revealed the extraordinarily preserved mummy of an elite woman from the ancient Caral civilization of Peru. The woman was buried with ...

Some scholars suggest that Caral-Supe represents the earliest civilization, not just in Peru but in the Americas. Researchers have made an extraordinary discovery in an ancient Caral town.

The Caral civilization, also known as the Caral-Supe, was the oldest known civilization in the Americas, building up to 30 major cities. It formed about a thousand years after Mesopotamia’s ...

The tomb was found in Aspero, an area in the Caral site in Peru, which was formerly used as a municipal dump, Reuters reported. Archeologist David Palomino told Reuters that the way in which the ...

Archaeologists in Peru said Thursday they found the 5,000-year-old remains of a noblewoman at the sacred city of Caral, revealing ... of civilization in the Americas. "What has been discovered ...

Developed between 3000 and 1800 BC, the Caral civilization is considered the mother culture of the Americas. It is located in the Supe Valley, 182 kilometers north of Lima and about 20 kilometers from ...

Caral, located some 180 km (112 miles) up the Pacific coast from Lima, is considered the oldest city in the Americas and would have been inhabited at the same time as ancient Egyptian, Chinese and ...