Tuesday, November 18, 2008

Oldest Temple, Mural in the Americas Found in Peru

Finally unearthed after 4000 years, the Peruvian fire temple
The discovery, made by Peruvian archaeologist Walter Alva in a looted site known as Ventarrón, is located in Peru's Lambayeque valley, some 500 miles (804 kilometers) from the capital, Lima.

"We have found what we believe is the oldest mural in the Americas," Alva, director of the Royal Tombs of Sipán Museum, told National Geographic News in an interview. November 12, 2007.


Finally unearthed after 4000 years, the Peruvian fire temple
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