This 5,000-year-old city in Peru is caral, and its historical value lies in that it is the epitome and bearing of 5,000-year-old human civilization. Caral is an ancient city in South America, only 200 kilometers north of the Peruvian capital. This ancient city appeared more than 5000 years ago, and other places in this era are also in the stage of rapid development of civilization, such as Chinese civilization and Mesopotamian civilization. Although the ancient city of caral is not well-known, the civilization it represents is also very brilliant.

The ancient city of caral was buried under the yellow sand for thousands of years, and then reappeared in the early 20th century. When the ancient city of caral was first discovered, it didn't attract much attention. After nearly 90 years of obscurity, its great value was finally revealed to the world in 1994. This year, caral also welcomed archaeologists from Peru and the United States. Under the excavation of these archaeologists day after day, the true face of the ancient city of caral is gradually presented to people.

After the excavation of the ancient city of caral, people found that the ancient city was built around six pyramids. Although these pyramids are not as well preserved and smaller than the Egyptian pyramids, their history is longer than that of the Egyptian pyramids. Pyramid of khufu, the tallest of the Egyptian pyramids, is nearly150m high, while caral, the tallest of the six pyramids, is only about18m high. Because the pyramids in caral are very old and severely weathered, they are basically integrated with the surrounding rocks.

Besides the pyramids with a longer history than the Egyptian pyramids, archaeologists have also excavated many historical sites in the ancient city of caral. The first historical relic excavated in caral ancient city is a flute made of animal bones. This animal bone flute has only a single hole, and the flute body is engraved with very beautiful lines. In the subsequent excavation, several such flutes were produced one after another, including single-hole flutes, porous flutes, long flutes and short flutes. Besides, archaeologists also found woven bags made of reeds in the ancient city of caral. It is through the detection of these reed fibers that archaeologists know that caral is an ancient city built in 2627 BC.

As an ancient city with a history of 5,000 years, caral should be properly protected, but not long ago, the news that the ancient city of caral was destroyed came out. As we all know, the economic development all over the world has been seriously affected by the COVID-19 epidemic, and so has Peru. In order to alleviate the economic pressure caused by the epidemic, residents near the ancient city of caral decided to reclaim farmland for planting, and the ancient city of caral became the location of their farmland and was destroyed.