A 5,000-year-old ceremonial temple found buried in Peru changes our understanding of early religious practices.
Archaeologists discovered a 4,000- to 5,000-year-old ceremonial temple within a sand dune in Peru.Tucked between the ruin’s walls, the excavation team located burial remains of three humans. Experts believe the site served as a religious complex. Archaeologists recently found the lost ruins of a ceremonial temple—covered in sand and 4,000 to 5,000 years old—in northwestern Peru.
But it wasn’t just architecture located in these sand dunes—there were human remains, too. According to Reuters, the excavation team located the remains of three adult bodies positioned between the walls of the temple. Nearby was also a bundle wrapped in linen that potentially served as an offering. “It was amazing,” said Muro Ynoñán, according to a statement from the Field Museum in Chicago. “This discovery tells us about the early origins of religion in Peru.
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