Archeologists have uncovered Peñico, a 3,500-year-old city in the Barranca province of northern Peru.
Peñico, situated 600m above sea level, was an essential trading hub for the Pacific coast, connecting the inhabitants of the Andes to those of the Amazon Basin.
Archeologists have unearthed 18 structures, some which are ceremonial temples, others of which are residential complexes. These are rife with ceremonial objects, clay sculptures (of humans and animals alike), bead and seashell necklaces.
Drones show a circular structure on a hill-built terrace, circled by stone and mud ruins.
The nearby Caral is what we know to be the oldest civilisation of the Americas, standing at 5,000 years. It has 32 monuments: pyramids, irrigation structures, urban settlements. Peñico’s discovery also sheds light on what happened in and to the Caral — potentially buried by a natural disaster.
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