A 4,000-year-old temple filled with murals has been unearthed in the Lambayeque valley, near the ancient Sipan complex on the northern coast of Peru, making it one of the oldest finds in the Americas, a leading archaeologist said on Saturday. Discoveries at Sipan, an administrative and religious center of the
Moche culture, have included a gold-filled tomb built 1,700 years ago
for a pre-Incan king.
A 4,000-year-old temple filled with murals has been unearthed on the
northern coast of Peru, built about 2,000 years before Jesus Christ's
time was discovered in Lambayeque, Peru, said Peruvian archaeologist
Walter Alva, who led the dig. The mural paintings inside the ruins
fascinated experts. The temple, inside a larger ruin, includes a
staircase that leads up to an altar used for fire worship at a site
scientists have called Ventarron,
"The discovery of this
temple reveals evidence suggesting the region of Lambayeque was one of
great cultural exchange between the Pacific coast and the rest of
Peru," said Alva.
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