Peruvian archaeologists have discovered a 3,500-year-old city, founded between 1800 and 1500 BC, that connected the Pacific to the Andes and the Amazon.

Located about 200 km north of Lima, the site is approximately 600 meters above sea level and is believed to have been founded between 1800 and 1500 BC, around the same time that the first civilizations flourished in the Near East and Asia. Researchers say the discovery sheds light on the fate of the oldest civilization in the Americas, the Caral.