{"id":2509471,"date":"2025-04-25T16:36:17","date_gmt":"2025-04-25T16:36:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/news\/2509471\/"},"modified":"2025-04-25T16:36:17","modified_gmt":"2025-04-25T16:36:17","slug":"remains-of-5000-year-old-noblewoman-found-in-peru-dig","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/news\/2509471\/","title":{"rendered":"Remains of 5,000-year-old noblewoman found in Peru dig"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>          <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/AFP047332_00.pre.jpg\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t      Archaeologists in Peru said Thursday they found the 5,000-year-old remains of a noblewoman at the sacred city of Caral, revealing the important role played by women in the oldest center of civilization in the Americas.<br \/>  What has been discovered corresponds to a woman who apparently had elevated status, an elite woman, archaeologist David Palomino told AFP.<br \/>  The mummy was found in Aspero, a sacred site within the city of Caral that was a garbage dump for over 30 years until becoming an archaeological site in the 1990s.<br \/>  Palomino said the carefully preserved remains, dating to 3,000 years BC, contained skin, part of the nails and hair and was wrapped in a shroud made of several layers of fabric and a mantle of macaw feathers.<br \/>  Macaws are colorful birds that belong to the parrot family.<br \/>  The woman&#8217;s funerary trousseau, which was presented to reporters at the culture ministry, included a toucan&#8217;s beak, a stone bowl and a straw basket.<br \/>  Preliminary analyses indicate that the remains found in December belong to a woman between 20 and 35 years old who was 1.5 meters (5 feet) tall, and wearing a headdress that represented her elevated social status.<br \/>  Palomino told reporters the find showed that while it was generally thought that rulers were men, or that they had more prominent roles in society women had played a very important role in the Caral civilization.<br \/>  Caral society developed between 3000 and 1800 BC, around the same time as other great cultures in Mesopotamia, Egypt and China.<br \/>  The city is situated in the fertile Supe valley, around 180 kilometers (113 miles) north of Lima and 20 kilometers (12 miles) from the Pacific Ocean.<br \/>  It was declared a UN World Heritage Site in 2009.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Archaeologists in Peru said Thursday they found the 5,000-year-old remains of a noblewoman at the sacred city 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