Unearthing the mysteries of Peru's ancient Caral-Supe society

The oldest-known civilization in the Americas

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23/01/25 | StarsInsider

LIFESTYLE History

Five thousand years ago, an ancient civilization known as the Caral-Supe flourished in what is now a region of north-central coastal Peru. The Caral were remarkable for sustaining a complex urban society and building monumental structures, including pyramids that took shape at the same time as the earliest Egyptian pyramid. The Caral inhabited their land for a thousand years. Then one day they simply disappeared. So, what happened to the oldest-known civilization in the Western Hemisphere?

Click through this gallery and find out more about this little-known Peruvian civilization.

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