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- Peruvian workers uncover ancient funeral belongings, believed to be around 1,000 years old, while installing a gas pipeline in Lima. The site is likely a children's cemetery, potentially linked to severe anemia caused by a climate event that affected local agriculture.
- Among the eight bundles discovered, six belonged to children and two to adults. The findings include opium-smoking pipes, handmade cigarettes, shoes, Chinese playing cards, and a Peruvian silver coin from 1898. Archaeologists have recovered over 1,900 archaeological finds, including mummies and pottery, during the gas company's excavation work over the past 19 years.
- This discovery sheds light on the hidden history of Lima, revealing lost traditions and customs. The ongoing excavation work has been crucial in uncovering these artifacts and deepening our understanding of the region's past.
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Workers uncover eight mummies and pre-Inca objects while expanding the gas network in Peru
Some archaeologists describe Peru's capital as an onion with many layers of history, others consider it a box of surprises. That's what some gas line workers got when their digging uncovered eight pre-Inca funeral bales.
Workers uncover eight mummies and pre-Inca objects while expanding the gas network in Peru
By FRANKLIN BRICEÑO Associated Press LIMA, Peru (AP) — Some archaeologists describe Peru’s capital as an onion with many layers of history, others consider it a box of surprises. That’s what some gas line workers got when their digging uncovered eight pre-Inca funeral bales. Gas company archaelogist Jesus Bahamonde said Friday that excavation work to expand the system of gas lines over the last 19 years has produced more than 1,900 archaeologica…
Workers uncover eight mummies and pre-Inca objects while expanding the gas network in Peru
LIMA, Peru (AP) — Some archaeologists describe Peru’s capital as an onion with many layers of history, others consider it a box of surprises. That’s what some gas line workers got when their digging uncovered eight pre-Inca funeral bales. “We are recovering those leaves of the lost history of Lima that is just hidden under the tracks and streets,” Jesus Bahamonde, an archaeologist at Calidda, the company that distributes natural gas in the city …
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