LEARN (PERUVIAN) SPANISH WITH THIS UNIQUE LANGUAGE COURSE BASED ON: "BEYOND TIME, SAMPLING & SAVORING IN CARAL & SUPE, PERU" Northern Peru has often been described as the Egypt of South America. Between Ecuador and Lima countless archaeological sites, ancient cities and unexplored ruins await the traveler willing to deviate from the Pan - American Highway and to see more of Peru than Cuzco or Machu Picchu. Near the capital, Lima, there is a small town by the name of Supe. From there, a side road goes to the ancient city of Caral. It is thought to be the oldest city in the Americas and one of the oldest developed settlements in the world. There is Egypt. There is Mesopotamia. And there is Caral, in Peru, which is more than 5,000 years old ...