Archaeologists Unearth Bodies in Peruvian Temple Up to 3,800 Years Old

Archaeologists Unearth Bodies in Peruvian Temple Up to 3,800 Years Old
A burial site dating from around 3,800 years ago is pictured after archaeologists found human remains, in La Libertad, Peru, on Aug. 9, 2024. Raquel Velezmoro Malaver/Oficina de Comunicaciones e Imagen Institucional—Universidad Nacional de Trujillo/Handout via Reuters
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LIMA, Peru—Archaeologists in northern Peru have unearthed four human remains believed to be more than 3,000 years old in a stretch of barren land that appears to have housed a ceremonial temple honoring the gods of an ancient local culture.

The funeral bundles were found nestled between some mud and stone walls near a valley in the dry, coastal Viru Province in the South American nation’s La Libertad region, home to many major ancient cultures over the millennia.