The burial site in Peru’s Viru Valley contained the bodies of two children, a teenager, and an adult, and they were found in the remains of what appears to be a temple. All four individuals, most likely belonging to a water-worshiping cult, were found lying on their sides, facing the mountain, accompanied by funerary goods, such as snail shells and stoned pendants, all of which were found with the deceased individuals.
The excavation uncovered a small section of the ancient temple that’s associated with an ancient water cult and covers approximately one percent of the entire temple site. Here, archeologists have unearthed massive boulder walls that were held together by clay plasters, and they also found pottery fragments. The architecture is easily discernible to the trained eye and obviously belongs to the Early Formative period, predating the famous Inca Empire by at least 2000 BC.
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