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Archaeologists in northern Peru have identified a 3,200-year-old mural painted on the side of an ancient adobe temple that is thought to depict a zoomorphic, knife-wielding spider god associated with rain and fertility.

考古學家在秘魯北部鑑定出一幅3200年前，畫在一座古老土胚寺廟側面的壁畫，該壁畫描繪一尊具動物形象、揮刀，並且與雨及豐饒有關的蜘蛛神。

The spider on the shrine is associated with water and was an incredibly important animal in pre-Columbian cultures.

神廟上的蜘蛛與水有關，且在前哥倫布時期的文化中，是極其重要的動物。

The mural – applied in ochre, yellow, grey and white paint to the wall of the 15m x 5m mud brick structure in the Virú province of Peru’s La Libertad region – was discovered last year after much of the site was destroyed by local farmers trying to extend their avocado and sugarcane plantations.

這幅塗上赭色、黃色、灰色與白色顏料的壁畫是在去年被發現，它畫在秘魯拉利伯塔德區比魯省的15公尺×5公尺的泥磚結構的牆上，許多地方已被試圖擴大酪梨與甘蔗園的當地農夫破壞。

Experts believe the shrine was built by the pre-Columbian Cupisnique culture, which developed along Peru’s northern coast more than 3,000 years ago.

專家認為，這座寺廟建造於前哥倫布時期的庫比司尼克文明，該文明在3000多年前沿著秘魯北方海岸發展。

英倫翻譯轉自https://features.ltn.com.tw/english/article/paper/1442400