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The newly discovered desert city that's rewriting the history of the Americas

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The discovery of Peñico in Peru's Supe Valley is reshaping our understanding of the Caral civilisation – a peaceful society that survived climate catastrophe 4,000 years ago.

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The image of the Peruvian desert often evokes inhospitable and solitary places. However, under the sands of the Supe Valley, four hours from Lima, a millenary city has just emerged, rewriting the oldest pages of the Americas. It is called Peñico and, according to archaeologists, its history changes completely what we thought we knew about the development of the first civilizations of the continent. The discovery has been led by archeologist Ruth…

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