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


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  • Thursday, 15 Aug 2024

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.

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