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

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 ...

The Caral civilization appeared on an arid plateau in Peru, 182 kilometers north of Lima, in the Supe Valley. The civilization was contemporary with the ancient Egyptian, Chinese, and Sumerian ...

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 ...

Caral society developed between 3000 and 1800 BC, around the same time as other great cultures in Mesopotamia, Egypt and China. The city is situated in the fertile Supe valley, around 115 miles ...

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 ...