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Tiger Kills Buddhist Monk while Meditating in India

A tiger is seen at the Tiger Temple in Kanchanaburi province, west of Bangkok, Thailand Chaiwat Subprasom/ Reuters
A tiger is seen at the Tiger Temple in Kanchanaburi province, west of Bangkok, Thailand Chaiwat Subprasom/ Reuters
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Tiger Kills Buddhist Monk while Meditating in India

A tiger is seen at the Tiger Temple in Kanchanaburi province, west of Bangkok, Thailand Chaiwat Subprasom/ Reuters
A tiger is seen at the Tiger Temple in Kanchanaburi province, west of Bangkok, Thailand Chaiwat Subprasom/ Reuters

A tiger killed a Buddhist monk who was meditating in a protected forest in western India, officials said.

The Reserve's Deputy Conservator Gajendra Narwane said the Monk Rahul Walke, 35, had been "meditating under a tree" in the Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve.

"The killed monk had been meditating in the same place for the last month," Narwane added.

Walke's body was found Tuesday by two monks who used to visit him with food and water.

According to the German News Agency, this deadly attack is the second in the past few days. The local authorities are working to catch the fierce animal.

A tiger attacked a villager who was visiting a historic Hindu temple in the same forest, and killed him last week.

Forest authorities surrounded the area and allowed the villagers to visit the temple during specific hours.

Forest Director NR Pravin said the authorities had warned locals from going to the forest and asked the Buddhist monks to evacuate the area.

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Remains of 5,000-year-old Noblewoman Found in Peru Dig

An ancient artifact found in a recently discovered burial site at the Aspero archaeological complex, belonging to the Caral civilization, during a press presentation at the Ministry of Culture in Lima on April 24, 2025. ERNESTO BENAVIDES / AFP
An ancient artifact found in a recently discovered burial site at the Aspero archaeological complex, belonging to the Caral civilization, during a press presentation at the Ministry of Culture in Lima on April 24, 2025. ERNESTO BENAVIDES / AFP
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Remains of 5,000-year-old Noblewoman Found in Peru Dig

An ancient artifact found in a recently discovered burial site at the Aspero archaeological complex, belonging to the Caral civilization, during a press presentation at the Ministry of Culture in Lima on April 24, 2025. ERNESTO BENAVIDES / AFP
An ancient artifact found in a recently discovered burial site at the Aspero archaeological complex, belonging to the Caral civilization, during a press presentation at the Ministry of Culture in Lima on April 24, 2025. ERNESTO BENAVIDES / AFP

Archaeologists in Peru said Thursday they found the 5,000-year-old remains of a noblewoman at the sacred city of Caral, revealing the important role played by women in the oldest center of civilization in the Americas.

"What has been discovered corresponds to a woman who apparently had elevated status, an elite woman," archaeologist David Palomino told AFP.

The mummy was found in Aspero, a sacred site within the city of Caral that was a garbage dump for over 30 years until becoming an archaeological site in the 1990s.

Palomino said the carefully preserved remains, dating to 3,000 years BC, contained skin, part of the nails and hair and was wrapped in a shroud made of several layers of fabric and a mantle of macaw feathers.

Macaws are colorful birds that belong to the parrot family.

The woman's funerary trousseau, which was presented to reporters at the culture ministry, included a toucan's beak, a stone bowl and a straw basket.

Preliminary analyses indicate that the remains found in December belong to a woman between 20 and 35 years old who was 1.5 meters (5 feet) tall, and wearing a headdress that represented her elevated social status.

Palomino told reporters the find showed that while "it was generally thought that rulers were men, or that they had more prominent roles in society" women had "played a very important role in the Caral civilization."

Caral society developed between 3000 and 1800 BC, around the same time as other great cultures in Mesopotamia, Egypt and China.

The city is situated in the fertile Supe valley, around 180 kilometers (113 miles) north of Lima and 20 kilometers (12 miles) from the Pacific Ocean.

It was declared a UN World Heritage Site in 2009.