Ancient temple unearthed in Peru
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Ancient temple unearthed in Peru
A 4,000-year-old temple filled with murals has been unearthed on the northern coast of Peru, making it one of the oldest finds in the Americas.The temple, inside a larger ruin, includes a staircase that leads up to an altar used for fire worship at a site scientists have called Ventarron.It sits in the Lambayeque valley, near the ancient Sipan complex that Alva unearthed in the 1980s. Ventarron was built long before Sipan, about 2,000 years before Christ.Peru is rich in archaeological treasures, including the Inca citadel of Machu Picchu in the Andes.Until the arrival of the Spanish in the 1500s, the Incas ruled an empire for several centuries that stretched from Colombia and Ecuador in the north to what are now Peru and Chile in the south.© Independent Television News Limited 2007. All rights reserved.
ITN | November 12, 2007
