5,000-year-old fire altar discovery at oldest centre of civilisation in the Americas

5,000-year-old fire altar discovery at oldest centre of civilisation in the Americas

Archaeologists have uncovered a 5,000-year-old fire altar at the Era de Pando archaeological site, revealing new secrets of the oldest centre of civilisation in the Americas. Era de Pando is located in the Supe valley of Peru, northwest of the Sacred City of Caral-Supe, and part of the wider Caral Archaeological Zone. The site is associated with the Caral–Supe civilisation, a Pre-Columbian era society that emerged long before the construction of…