Archaeologists in Peru unveil 3,500-year-old city that linked coast and Andes

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00:00200 kilometers north of Lima, a once thriving trade hub.

00:05Penico, a 3,500-year-old city, is believed to have connected Pacific Coast communities

00:11with those living in the Andes Mountains and the Amazon Basin.

00:15Penico has been chronologically identified as dating back to at least 1800 BC.

00:22As you can see, it's a long period.

00:28Penico is located near Corral, recognized as the oldest civilization in the Americas,

00:34home to 32 monumental structures, including pyramids, urban settlements, and is considered

00:40a contemporary of early civilizations in Egypt, India and China.

00:46In many years of research, archaeologists uncovered clay sculptures, animal figures and skeletons,

00:52shedding light on what became of the ancient civilization.

00:56This urban center is crucial for understanding the Corral civilization's climate change impact

01:04and recovery through interactions with spread populations in Peru's mega-diverse territories

01:11crossed by the Andes.

01:12Peru is already home to many of the Americas' most significant archaeological discoveries,

01:19including Machu Picchu in the Andes and the mysterious Nazca lines edged in the desert along

01:24along the coast.

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