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Archaeologists discovered an ancient city in North Macedonia that might be Lyncus, the capital of an ancient civilization.

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An exterior view of the Archaeological Ruins of Liangzhu City Park in Hangzhou, East China's Zhejiang Province Photos: VCG.

LIMA (Reuters) -Archaeologists in coastal Peru have discovered the 5,000-year-old remains of a woman who may have belonged to the upper echelons of the ancient Caral civilization, a find they say ...