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 ...

It dates back to the Late Archaic Period of the Central Andes and is the oldest centre of civilization in the Americas. Exceptionally well-preserved, the site is impressive in terms of its design and ...

Long before the Incas came to power in Peru and began to celebrate their sun god, a little-known civilization was building the oldest known astronomical observatory in the Americas. While not as ...

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 ...

George Steinmetz Outlines of a Civilization Emerge ... If true, it would be the oldest urban center in the Americas and among the most ancient in all the world. Research developed by Peruvian ...

revealing the important role played by women in the oldest center of civilization in the Americas. "What has been discovered corresponds to a woman who apparently had elevated status, an elite ...

Holly is a graduate medical biochemist with an enthusiasm for making science interesting, fun and accessible. The remarkable remains of an elite woman have been unearthed in an ancient fishing ...

revealing the important role played by women in the oldest center of civilization in the Americas. Palomino told reporters the find showed that while "it was generally thought that rulers were men ...

Archeologists in Peru on Thursday said they found the 5,000-year-old remains of a noblewoman at the sacred city of Caral, revealing the important role played by women in the oldest center of ...