Archaeologists unearth bodies in Peruvian temple up to 3,800 years old

Human remains are pictured after they were discovered by archaeologists at burial sites from around 3,800 years ago, in La Libertad, Peru August 9, 2024. Raquel Velezmoro Malaver/Oficina de Comunicaciones e Imagen Institucional - Universidad Nacional de Trujillo/Handout via REUTERS

LIMA (Reuters) - Archaeologists have unearthed four human remains believed to be more than 3,000 years old in a stretch of barren land in northern Peru 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.