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Archaeologists in Peru announced they found the 5,000-year-old remains of a noblewoman at the sacred city of Caral, in an area which for decades was used as a garbage dump. The new discovery revealed the important role played by women in the oldest center of civilization in the Americas, researchers said.<\/p>\n

“What has been discovered corresponds to a woman who apparently had elevated status, an elite woman,” archaeologist David Palomino told AFP.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

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. Macaws are colorful birds that belong to the parrot family.<\/p>\n

The woman’s funerary trousseau, which was presented to reporters at the culture ministry, included a toucan’s beak, a stone bowl and a straw basket.<\/p>\n

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Archaeologists in Peru said 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.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Peru’s culture ministry<\/p>\n

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“This is an exceptional burial due to the preservation of skin, hair, and nails, a rare condition in this area, where usually only skeletal remains are recovered,” Peru’s culture ministry said in a news release<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Preliminary analyses indicate that the remains found in December belong to a woman between 20 and 35 years old who was about 5 feet tall, and wearing a headdress — made with bundles of twisted threads — that represented her elevated social status.<\/p>\n

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.”<\/p>\n

Caral society developed between 3000 and 1800 BC, around the same time as other great cultures in Mesopotamia, Egypt and China.<\/p>\n

The city is situated in the fertile Supe valley, around 115 miles north of Lima and 12 miles from the Pacific Ocean.<\/p>\n

It was declared a U.N. World Heritage Site in 2009.<\/p>\n

The culture ministry said the discovery follows other elite burials found in \u00c1spero, inlcuding the “Lady of the Four Tupus” in 2016, and the “Elite Male” in 2019).<\/p>\n

Earlier this month, researchers carrying out excavation work in southern Peru found an ancient tomb filled with the remains of two dozen people<\/a><\/span> believed to be battle victims.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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