The main pyramid at Caral, the oldest known city in the Americas, dating to approximately 2600 BCE. This monumental platform mound rises 18 metres and is p
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The main pyramid at Caral, the oldest known city in the Americas, dating to approximately 2600 BCE. This monumental platform mound rises 18 metres and is part of a complex of six large pyramids arranged around a central plaza. Caral predates Mesoamerican civilizations by nearly two millennia and developed without ceramics or writing.
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