3,800-year-old human skeletons unearthed in Peruvian temple surprise explorers
3,800-year-old human skeletons unearthed in Peruvian temple surprise explorers
In Northern Peru, archeologists found 3,800-year-old human skeletons in an ancient temple, which speaks multitudes about their culture.
Peru, also known as the land of ancient wizardry, has long attracted tourists and history lovers alike for its scenic beauty and very ancient civilizations, notably the Norte Chico, one of the six oldest in the world.
Recently, archeologists, while excavating a ceremonial temple that honored the gods of another ancient local culture, uncovered human remains between mud and stone walls in an otherwise sparse area of land in the North of the country, according to The Epoch Times.
The coastal Viru Province in the La Libertad cradled many major ancient cultures such as the Incas, so this discovery will give archeologists “a clear idea of the cultural evolution in this area,” Feren Castillo, research project head from the National University of Trujillo explained.
A culture from 1800 BC
Just last month, researchers unearthed human skeletons “of 11 ‘high class’ dating to 800 years ago,” according to Reuters, in the largest mud citadel in the Americas. It belonged to the Chimu culture that, before the Incas conquered them, encompassed the largest political system with a state that stretched about 1000 kilometers along the coast.
This discovery dating even further back in time, 3,800 years ago, of bodies in a temple communicates that, most likely, more are buried on the grounds and that being laid to rest in the temple might indicate a cultural ritual that will help archeologists better understand a prehistoric culture.
