Andean cross found at Peru temple ruins may be oldest ever

By Carla Samon Ros Lima, May 15 (EFE).- A group of archaeologists has discovered a nearly 4,000-year-old temple complex on Peru’s central coast that may contain South America’s most ancient “Chakana” (Andean cross) carved into one of its friezes. That U-shaped ceremonial center, part of the Miraflores archaeological site in the coastal province of Huaral, …

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