Ancient Temple Built 2000 Years Before Christ Discovered in Peru

A 4,000-year-old temple filled with murals has been unearthed in the Lambayeque valley, near the ancient Sipan complex on the northern coast of Peru, making it one of the oldest finds in the Americas, a leading archaeologist said on Saturday. Discoveries at Sipan, an administrative and religious center of the Moche culture, have included a gold-filled tomb built 1,700 years ago for a pre-Incan king.
               

A 4,000-year-old temple filled with murals has been unearthed on the northern coast of Peru, built about 2,000 years before Jesus Christ's time was discovered in Lambayeque, Peru, said Peruvian archaeologist Walter Alva, who led the dig. The mural paintings inside the ruins fascinated experts. 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,

"The discovery of this temple reveals evidence suggesting the region of Lambayeque was one of great cultural exchange between the Pacific coast and the rest of Peru," said Alva.

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Comments

[mark]

Christ was discovered in Peru?

[Antonio Lopez]

I misread the headline. I thought you were saying that Christ discovered Peru. It made my head turn!

[Brock]

Typo! It should read: "Ancient Temple Built 2000 Years Before Christ Discovered Peru". We all know that Christ guy was a traveling dude.