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

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 ...

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 ...

2. The Peru Civilization at Caral-Supe, 3500 BCE-1800 BCE The ruins of pyramids at Caral-Supe in Peru led to the discovery of the Perut Civilization whose era spanned between 35000-1800 BCE. World ...

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.

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 ...