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An incredibly well-preserved ancient artwork, a detailed and colorful wall frieze showing two fanged beasts facing each other, was discovered under layers of mud and rock near the Peruvian capital Lima. Astonishingly, Peruvian archeologists have confirmed that polychrome friezes, discovered at Huaca Garagay archeological site near Lima's San Martin de Porres district on Thursday, are over 3,500 years old as determined by carbon dating. The monuments and walls are thought to have been built by the ancient Chavin people.
Experts use 3D technology to reconstruct the face of the Lord of Sipan, an ancient warrior from the Moche civilization which is believed to be the predecessor to the Inca dynasty.
17 ceremonial tombs dating back 1,000 years from the Chimu-Inca period are uncovered by archaeologists in northwestern Peru.
A 4,500-year-old mummy from the oldest civilization in the Americas is discovered. Angela Moore reports.
Scientists unveil a partial skeleton of a newly discovered whale found in Peru that lived nearly 40 million years ago. A total of 13 gigantic vertebrae -- one of which weighed nearly 200 kilograms (440 pounds) -- were found at a site in a coastal desert of southern Peru, as well as four ribs and a hip bone. IMAGES
U.S. President Barack Obama attends an outdoor arrival ceremony in heavy rain, as the first sitting U.S. president to visit Laos. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).