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Archaeologists have announced the opening of the ancient city in the northern province of Barranka Peru.
It is estimated that the 3500-year-old city, called Peniaak, served as a key shopping center that connects the early Pacific coast with those who live in the Amazon Mountains.
Located 200 km north of Lima, the site is about 600 meters (1970 feet) above sea level and was allegedly founded between 1800 and 1500 BC. – Approximately at the same time when the early civilizations flourished in the Middle East and Asia.
Researchers say Discovery sheds light on what has become the oldest civilization in America, the king.
The drone’s footage released by the researchers show a round design on the slope of the city center, surrounded by the remains of stone and dirty buildings.
Eight years of research on the site have discovered 18 structures, including ceremonial temples and residential complexes.
In the buildings, the researchers found ceremonial objects, clay sculptures of human and animal figures and necklaces made of beads and shells.
Penico is located near where the coral, recognized as the oldest known civilization in America, was created 5000 years ago in about 3000 BC. In the Peru Valley.
Coral has 32 monuments, including large pyramid structures, exquisite agriculture and urban settlements. It is believed that it is in isolation to other comparative early civilizations in India, Egypt, Square and China.
D -Rut Shadi, archaeologist, who led the recent studies of the peignia and the excavation of coral in the 1990s, stated that the discovery was important for understanding what the king’s civilization was after it was reduced by climate change.
The Penico community was “posted in a strategic place for trading, for exchange with societies from the coast, highlands and jungle,” said D -Radi.
At a press conference presented, on Thursday, archaeologist Mark Machakova, a researcher of the Ministry of Culture, said that the significance of the penitia is that the continuation of the punish society.
Peru is home to many the most significant archaeological discoveries in America, including the Citadel Inca Machu -Piccho in Andes and Mysterious Naska Lines, cut into the desert along the central coast.
