Archaeologists in Peru announced they found the 5,000-year-old remains of a noblewoman at the sacred city of Caral, in an area which for decades was used as a garbage dump. The new discovery revealed the important role played by women in the oldest center of civilization in the Americas, researchers said.
“What has been discovered corresponds to a woman who apparently had elevated status, an elite woman,” archaeologist David Palomino told AFP.
The mummy was found in Aspero, a sacred site within the city of Caral that was a garbage dump for over 30 years until becoming an archaeological site in the 1990s.
Caral is so old it’s considered a mother city. It’s the oldest known city in the western hemisphere. Caral-Supe is a big deal and I feel like that’s very glossed over here
She’s got more hp but drops better loot
This is my favorite thing about life. It doesn’t matter who, what, how much, or where we all end up dead. You can be rich or poor and in 1000 years still end up buried in a garbage dump.
“Elite Woman’s mummy found in garbage dump” Well, definitely not the peacefull rest she had in mind.
May our modern “elite’s” gravesites be so lucky
I know next to nothing about any of the subject, but I’m bloody impressed by the preservation
