An archaeological site that used to be a garbage dump has revealed the extraordinarily preserved mummy of an elite woman from ...

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

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

Peruvian archaeologists unearthed an exceptional tomb at the archaeological site of Áspero, revealing the remains of an elite ...

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

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

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.

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

T he remarkable remains of an elite woman have been unearthed in an ancient fishing town in Peru’s Lima region. The woman’s ...

Archaeologists in Peru uncovered a 5,000-year-old noblewoman’s remains, revealing women’s role in America's oldest ...

Archaeologists recently unearthed the burial in the archaeological site of Áspero—once a developed fishing town of the Caral civilization, a group that lived in coastal Peru between about 3000 ...