A mural thought to be 3,800 years old has been revealed by archaeologists in Peru.
The wall, unveiled on Monday, was found inside a public ceremonial building at the Vichama site, north of Lima.
The complex carved scene depicts iconography including a human-like toad and representations of people.
Dr Ruth Shady Solis, director of the Caral Archaeological Zone (ZAC), believes
the scene represents the "arrival of water" through rainfall.
She says that in Andean civilisation, toads represented water and says the face
below it represents humans waiting for rainfall to give continuity of life.
Another depiction found nearby shows four human heads with snakes encircling
them and what appears to be a seed with a face.
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