Mummy In Lima

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  1,000-Year-Old Mummy Found by Gas Workers in Peru Linked to Chancay Culture

  Gas workers in Peru discovered a 1,000-year-old mummy during pipeline work in Lima. The boy’s remains, found in a seated burial position with ceremonial items, belong to the Pre-Inca Chancay culture. The site is one of over 2,200 archaeological finds made by Calidda since 2004.

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  1,000 Year-Old Mummified Child Found In Peru, Was Aged Between 10 To 15 Years

  Peruvian gas workers this week found a thousand-year-old mummy while installing pipes in Lima, their company said, confirming the latest discovery of a pre-Hispanic tomb in the capital.

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  Mummified Children, Likely Sacrificed Centuries Ago, Unearthed In Peru

  Six mummified children thought to have been sacrificed hundreds of years ago, apparently to accompany a dead nobleman to the afterlife, have been unearthed in a tomb near Lima, archaeologists reported.

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  Peru Archeologists Find Mummy Up To 1,200 Years Old

  Archeologists in Peru working on a site in the outskirts of the capital Lima have unearthed a mummy believed to be between 800 and 1,200 years old -- and, surprisingly, bound with rope.

• 60 mummies found in 1,000-year-old tomb in Peru

  Polish and Peruvian archaeologists have discovered a royal burial chamber with 60 mummies and some 1,200 gold, silver and ceramic objects from over 1,000 years ago in Peru.

• 1000-year-old mummies found in Peru

  Peruvian archaeologists have unearthed four perfectly preserved mummies at an ancient burial site in the capital city, Lima. The mummies are more than 1000 years old and were found at the Huaca Pucllana - a pre Inca temple. Due to its central location, tomb looters have been stealing all sorts of archaeological treasures from the temple for centuri...