Scientists have unearthed the body of a 4,500-year-old woman in Peru. What’s surprising is that they found not just her bones ...

The woman—with skin, hair and nails still intact—belonged to the little-known Caral civilization, which flourished in Peru 5,000 years ago ...

The mummy was found in Aspero, a sacred site within the city of Caral that was a garbage dump for over 30 years until becoming an archaeological site in the 1990s.

Photos show the ancient circular structure where elites would set fire to offerings of beads, food or other items.

The body’s exceptional state of conservation—with skin, hair and nails still intact—is relatively uncommon in the region, ...

A 5,000-year-old fire altar unearthed in Peru's Supe Valley is rewriting the origins of American civilization with echoes ...

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 ...

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 ...

A team of archaeologists started excavating a pyramid at the Era de Pando Archaeological Site as part of ongoing research into the Caral-Supe civilization, a 5,000-year-old society considered the ...

Over a month ago, the UK Supreme Court ruled that under GB equality law, sex is defined by biology. Since then, nationalist ...