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Caral

3000 BCE – 1800 BCE

Oldest known city in the Americas, a 5,000-year-old ceremonial complex in Peru's Supe Valley predating the…

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Caral

3000 BCE – 1800 BCE

Oldest known city in the Americas, a 5,000-year-old ceremonial complex in Peru's Supe Valley predating the pyramids

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