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Archaeologists have uncovered evidence suggesting that the mysterious 5,200 holes in Monte Sierpe, Peru, served as a marketplace and later as an accounting system, revealing insights into pre-Inca trade and social organization, and indicating the site was built by the Chincha culture before the Inca Empire.
Workers installing gas lines in Lima, Peru uncovered eight mummies and pre-Inca objects, including funeral bales, dating back to ancient times. The gas company, Calidda, has been conducting excavations for the past 19 years and has uncovered over 1,900 archaeological finds, including textiles, pottery, and mummies. The discoveries highlight the rich history of the region, which has been occupied by various cultures for thousands of years.
Gas workers in Lima, Peru, uncovered eight mummies and several Pre-Inca artifacts while expanding the gas line system. The mummified bodies, believed to be from the pre-Inca culture called Ichma, were found wrapped in cotton cloth and tied with vines. The discovery adds to the more than 1,900 archaeological finds made by the gas company over the past two decades. Lima has a rich history spanning over 10,000 years, from Pre-Incan cultures to Spanish colonization.
Archaeologists in Peru have discovered the mummy of a teenager who lived more than 1,000 years ago in an underground tomb near Lima. The mummy was found wrapped in a funerary bundle, along with ancient ceramics and rope. The discovery was made at a burial site known to house the remains of victims of human sacrifice from pre-Inca times. The mummified teen is believed to have lived between 1,100 and 1,200 years ago and possibly belonged to the Lima or Ichma cultures. The Cajamarquilla complex, where the discovery was made, was a busy trading hub in pre-Inca times and features the ruins of four pyramids and walls laid out like a maze.
Peruvian archaeologists have discovered a more than 1,000-year-old mummy, believed to be an adolescent, wrapped in a funerary bundle along with ceramics and rope, on the outskirts of Lima. The mummy was found in a good state of conservation and might have belonged to the Lima or Ichma cultures. The discovery is the latest in a series of pre-Inca finds at the sprawling Cajamarquilla complex, which features the ruins of four pyramids and other constructions such as walls laid out like a maze.
Archaeologists in Peru have discovered a well-preserved mummy of an adolescent wrapped in a funerary bundle, along with ceramics and rope, dating back to 1,100-1,200 years ago. The mummy was found in the sprawling Cajamarquilla complex, which features the ruins of four pyramids and other constructions such as walls laid out like a maze. The complex is the second largest mud-brick city in Peru after Chan Chan in the north of the Andean country.