The Caral- SUPE Civilisation 5,000 Years of Cultural Identity in Peru
may change the world historys: Ruth Shady Solis.
Recently a press conference was held at the Press Club of India, New
Delhi organized by the Embassy of Peru in India & Brandsmith, a
leading brand management, promotions & business advisory company.
Addressing the conference, his Excellency Carlos A Yrigoyen Forno, the
Acting Ambassador of Peru in India & World-renowned archeologist Ruth
Shady shared their startling revelations on the discovery of one of
the oldest urban civilizations in the world & the oldest civilization
of the Americas-the ancient city of Caral in Peru.
Ruth Shady Solis is a Peruvian anthropologist and archeologist. She is
also founder and director of the Archeological Project Caral.
Throughout her career, she directed many different projects of
archeological investigation on the coast, the highlands and the rain
forests of Peru, pacing emphasison the study of the development of the
complex socio-political organizations. She was director of the Museo
Nacional de Arqueologia y Antropologia del Peru (Nacional museum of
Arqueology and Antropology of Peru), and director of the Museum of
Archeology and Anthropogy of National University of Sa Marcos.
She has worked at the Caral site from 1994 onwards and is credited
with the discovery of the first known civilization of Peru; shady has
named the civilization after Caral, while the term Norte Chico has
been adopted in English. She hold the offices of president of
ICOMOS-PERU, principal professor and co-ordinator of the master of
archeology graduate program faculty of social sciences of the UNMSM
and director of the special archeology project Caral-Supe/INC.
India is holding for the XII International Conference Of the National
Trustees and Ms Ruth Shady has been invited by INTACH (India National
Trust For Art & Cultural Heritage) to share her discoveries with
everybody.
The discovery of Caral reshapes the history of Peru as well as the
history of the world. From now on besides Mesopotamia, Egypt, India
and China, Peru will have to be included with the exceptional
testimony of such an old culture of peace. Also present at this
important press conference was Rahul Mittra, CEO Brandsmith & brand
advisor to the Peruvian Embassy in India.
-- AA
