Archaeologists Have Discovered a 3,200-Year-Old Mural of a Knife-Wielding Spider God in Peru
The mural is believed to be the work of the ancient Cupisnique culture. Archaeologists have discovered a 3,200-year-old mural of a spider god at an …
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