Wari Empire

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Civilization that built Castillo de Huarmey

Inside a coastal burial complex north of Lima, archaeologists found a naturally mummified hairless dog — the first physical evidence that Peru's hairless breed lived in the Wari Empire centuries before the Inca. Radiocarbon dating puts the specimen at least 1,200 years old, making it the oldest dated object yet recovered from Castillo de Huarmey.

Updated Oct 27