5000-Year-Old Sacred Site and Structure Discovered in Peru

A team of archaeologists working on Las Animas Hill in the lush dry desert of La Otra Banda in Northern Peru have discovered two ceremonial structures, one of which dates back to the Moche Culture, between 600 and 700 AD, and the other from the Initial Period, which dates to an ancient 3,500 BC..

A human child burial, artefacts, painted walls and high relief friezes have also been discovered, and both structures appear to be ceremonial in purpose.


Watch this video to learn more about this exciting new discovery.


00:00 - Introduction

00:56 - Pyramid-Like Step Structure

01:43 - 1.400-Year-Old Skeleton

02:22 - 5.000-Year-Old Architecture

03:05 - Anthropomorphic Frieze

03:47 - The Painted Wall

04:13 - Concluding Remarks

Matt Sibson
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