5,000-Year-Old Human Remains Discovered Within Elaborate Funeral Site in Peru

The ancient remains of a woman believed have held a significant status within the pre-Columbian Caral civilization have been unearthed in the Áspero archaeological site in Peru.The woman measures just shy of five-feet-tall and is estimated to have died between the ages of 20-35. Her body was found in a grave covered with a piece of fabric elaborately embroidered with blue macaw feathers, and adorned with a headdress of intertwined fibers. Wrapped in crisscrossing plant fiber bundles, she