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

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, but strands of hair, patches of skin, and even fingernails intact. Such ...

The shift from ancient to modern metropolises often leaves historians and curious minds asking: which are the oldest ...

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.

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

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 ...

"The Sacred City of Caral-Supe reflects the rise of civilization in the Americas," said the UNESCO site. "As a fully developed socio-political state, it is remarkable for its complexity and its ...

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 ...