The woman was found wrapped in several layers of macaw feathers and cotton fabric, buried alongside a toucan's beak, a stone ...

While excavating the ancient fishing village of Áspero in western Peru, archaeologists uncovered a grave from the Caral ...

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

Around 5,000 years ago, members of an ancient Peruvian Indigenous group buried an elite member of their society: They wrapped ...

A tomb was uncovered in Peru and revealed the 5,000-year-old remains of a 'high-status' woman belonging to the ancient Caral civilization in a former city dump. Other artifacts were found as well.

An ancient woman’s recently discovered, richly adorned gravesite is helping archeologists better understand the complex ...

The woman—with skin, hair and nails still intact—belonged to the little-known Caral civilization, which flourished in Peru ...

Archaeologists have found the remains of an elite woman who was buried with a variety of remarkable grave goods.

"This discovery is not only important for the history of Peru but for the world and for understanding how the Caral civilization reached an important technological level," said David Palomino ...

Buried for five millennia and forgotten beneath what was once a coastal dump, the tomb of a powerful woman from Peru’s ...

PERU: Archaeologists uncovered the carefully preserved remains of a noblewoman from the Caral civilization. They say it ...

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 ...