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Remarkable discovery: Two 4,500-year-old fire-worship temples unearthed in Viru, Peru

4,500 years ago, the societies that inhabited the extensive Viru Valley, in what is now Peru's northern La Libertad region, regarded fire as a sacred element that enabled a connection between the earthly world and the spiritual or divine realm. Therefore, they built temples and altars to carry out important ceremonies devoted to this element.

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