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

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

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 ...

An archaeological site that used to be a garbage dump has revealed the extraordinarily preserved mummy of an elite woman from ...

History never ceases to surprise us day after day. The example comes from Peru, where a mummy more than 5,000 years old has been found in a waste plant. It was found in Aspero, par ...

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

Supe, to which the buried woman belonged, are recognized as one of 6 societies that originated human civilization.

LIMA, April 24 (Reuters) - Archaeologists in coastal Peru have discovered the 5,000-year-old remains of a woman who may have ...

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 announced they found the 5,000-year-old remains of a noblewoman at the sacred city of Caral, in an area which for decades was used as a garbage dump. The new discovery ...

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.