In the north of Peru, the burial of a three-year-old boy, who lived 2,500 years ago, was excavated. Relatives buried him near the temple of the Caught Deer and provided a bowl with an owl carved on it
Peruvian explorer Inacio Alva Menezes discovered the burial of the mysterious Galinaso culture in the archaeological center of Ventarron in the Lambaeca department. Very little is known about her, so the researchers were delighted when they discovered the rich grave of a three-year-old boy who died about two and a half thousand years ago. It is located 500 meters from the Caught Deer Temple, which was erected more than four thousand years ago. The religious building got its name from the murals on the walls, on which the ancients depicted a deer hunt.
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The Galinazo Indians
lived on the northern coast of Peru in the III-II centuries BC. e. - II century AD e. Their capital was in the Veru Valley. Galinasos preferred to erect their temples on hilltops and mountain peaks, which is why historians called them "castles". They made red pottery and huge bowls.
Alva Menezes is not sure exactly how the burial is related to the temple. In all likelihood, the architectural complex of the Caught Deer was a sacred place for the ancient inhabitants of Lambayek, so it was very honorable to bury loved ones in it.
The boy received on his last journey ceramic dishes decorated with carvings in the shape of an owl.
According to the Peruvian edition of El Comercio, Alva Menezes was so delighted with the finds that he decided to stay forever in the vicinity of Ventarron.
In November 2007, he found the oldest temple in Latin America in Ventarron. It is older than the Egyptian pyramids and was built 4.5 thousand years ago from adobe bricks. On the wall of the temple are painted two fish crossing and looking in opposite directions. The structure is about 20 m high.