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Archaeologists identify 3,200-year-old temple mural of spider god in Peru

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This article is more than 1 year oldThis article is more than 1 year oldMural discovered last year is thought to depict a zoomorphic, knife-wielding spider god associated with rain and fertilityLast modified on Thu 25 Mar 2021 16.29 EDTArchaeologists in northern Peru have identified a 3,200-year-old mural painted on the side of an ancient adobe temple that is thought to depict associated with rain and fertility.The mural – applied in ochre, yellow, grey and white paint to the wall of the 15m x 5m mud brick structure in the Virú province of Peru’s La Libertad region – was discovered last year after much of the site was destroyed by local farmers trying to extend their avocado and sugarcane plantations.Experts believe the shrine was built by the pre-Columbian , which developed along Peru’s northern coast more than 3,000 years ago.The archaeologist Régulo Franco Jordán said the shrine’s strategic location near the river had led researchers to believe it had been a temple dedicated to water deities.“What we have here is a shrine that would have been a ceremonial centre thousands of years ago,” he told .“The and was an incredibly important animal in pre-Hispanic cultures, which lived according to a ceremonial calendar. It’s likely that there was a special, sacred water ceremony held between January and March when the rains came down from the higher areas.”According to the archeologists, about 60% of the complex, which lies 500km north of Lima, was destroyed in November last year when farmers in the region used heavy machinery to try to extend their crop fields.Jordán has named the temple Tomabalito after the nearby archaeological site .“The site has been registered and the discovery will be covered up until the [Covid] pandemic is over and it can be properly investigated,” he told La República.The spider god is not the only ancient animal artwork to have appeared in Peru over recent months. In October last year, , emerged during work to improve access to one of the hills that overlooks the country’s famous .

This article is more than 1 year oldThis article is more than 1 year oldMural discovered last year is thought to depict a zoomorphic, knife-wielding spider god associated with rain and fertilityLast modified on Thu 25 Mar 2021 16.29 EDTArchaeologists in northern Peru have identified a 3,200-year-old mural painted on the side of an ancient adobe temple that is thought to depict associated with rain and fertility.The mural – applied in ochre, yellow, grey and white paint to the wall of the 15m x 5m mud brick structure in the Virú province of Peru’s La Libertad region – was discovered last...

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