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1,000-Year-Old Mummy Discovered By Gas Workers in Peru: See photos
Teenage Remains Believed to Belong to Pre-Inca Chancay Culture LIMA, PERU — Workers installing new gas pipelines in Peru’s capital made a remarkable discovery in June: a well-preserved 1,000-year-old mummy, buried less than two feet beneath the surface. The unexpected find occurred during excavation work overseen by the utility company Cálidda, which maintains archaeological supervision due to the region’s rich cultural history. Adolescent Mummy…
Construction workers in the capital Lima encountered a thousand-year-old mummy during the laying of pipes.
A 1,000-year-old child mummy, presumably from the pre-Columbian Chancay culture, was discovered during construction work in Lima. The discovery serves as a reminder of how closely modernity and history are intertwined in Peru.
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