Peñico opened to the public earlier this week, following eight years of research led by the archaeologist Ruth Shady ...

These pyramids in Peru are older than the ones in Egypt, and predate the Incan Empire by roughly 4,000 years. On a high, dry terrace overlooking a green river valley in the Andes Mountains of Peru, ...

In the archaeological complex of Caral, in Supe (Peru), on January 13, 2021. ERNESTO BENAVIDES / AFP. Though still relatively unknown as an archaeological site, Caral offers plenty to fascinate.

A tourist watches an information panel at the Caral archaeological complex, in Supe-Peru on November 8, 2015. (AFP) Caral, Peru: Architects seeking solutions for sustainable living in the 21st ...

View of an ancient artifact found in a recently discovered burial site at the Aspero archaeological complex, belonging to the Caral civilization, during a press presentation at the Ministry of ...

Time travel hasn’t been invented, but standing in the dusty desert plains off of Peru’s north-central coast, awed by the sight of a half-dozen crumbling pyramids, I’m not sure that’s ...

Today Caral’s sovereign is archaeologist Ruth Shady Solís of San Marcos National University in Lima. A dark-haired woman of regal bearing, she uses a cane for support as she navigates a patch of ...

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The complex carved scene depicts iconography including a human-like toad and representations of people. Dr Ruth Shady Solís, director of the Caral Archaeological Zone (ZAC), ...

The archaeological site of Caral, located in central Peru's Supe Valley, may represent the oldest complex society in the Americas, according to a study published today in the journal Science.

Caral sits in the Supe Valley, a region of Peru’s high desert nestled between the rainforest, mountains and the Pacific coast. The valley is brimming with ancient monumental architecture. And in the ...