[SunkenCiv]

Photo: ANDINA/Difusión

[TigersEye]

Impressive! I was expecting the remains of some mud huts or caves with some artifacts and bones in them.

[colorado tanker]

Thanks. Was not aware of this civilization. Must be challenging to figure out a preceramic civilization.

[JimSEA]

The circular room/pit and defensive location reminds me of the Southwestern United States mesa top pueblos and cliff dwellings.

[blam]

Early on, I saw these pyramids described as older and larger than those in Egypt.

The Lost Pyramids of Caral

BBC Two 9.00pm Thursday 31 January 2002

Caral dates from 2,600 BC making it one of the earliest known civilisations on Earth The magnificent ancient city of pyramids at Caral in Peru hit the headlines in 2001. The site is a thousand years older than the earliest known civilisation in the Americas and, at 2,627 BC, is as old as the pyramids of Egypt. Many now believe it is the fabled missing link of archaeology - a 'mother city'. If so, then these extraordinary findings could finally answer one of the great questions of archaeology: why did humans become civilised?

[fatez]

I visited Peru last June with my son. We didn't hit Caral (needed one more day, but alas). But we did a bunch of Inca sites and we hit Huaca Huallamarca which is in Lima close to Miraflores. Right there in Lima is a pyramid that is about 2,000 years old. Our hotel was 6 blocks from it.

Peru is one of the coolest places I have ever been. For those that love history, put it on your bucket list.