A mural-decorated temple that may date to 4,000 years old is being reported from the coastal desert region of Northern Peru.
Some of the walls of the 27,000-square-foot site - almost half the size of a football field - were painted, and a white and red mural depicts a deer being hunted with a net.
Alva said the temple was apparently constructed by an "advanced civilization" because it was built with mud bricks made from sediment found in local rivers, instead of rocks.
"This discovery shows an architectural and iconographic tradition different from what has been known until now," said Alva, who discovered and is the museum director for another important pre-Incan find, the nearby Lords of Sipan Moche Tombs.
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February 11th
1626 - Death of Pietro Cataldi, Italian mathematician
There is time for everything.
- Thomas Alva Edison
I am long on ideas, but short on time. I only expect to live about a hundred years.
- Thomas Alva Edison
First of all, a huge thank you to everyone who came to one of the events on my book tour, from Seattle to The Strand. Thank you for listening and for your questions. It's been such a deep pleasure to meet so many people interested in dopamine, Proust and Cheerios.
What a great discovery. It just goes to show that we don't know everything, so we should keep looking.