SAEDNEWS: In Peru, a 1,000-Year-Old Mummy Unearthed Through Archaeological Excavations
According to Saed News’ Society Desk, citing Fararu, archaeologists in Peru have made a remarkable discovery: a 1,000-year-old mummy in an archaeological site located within a residential neighborhood in Lima, the nation’s capital.
Mirela Ganoza, head of the archaeological team, told Reuters on Wednesday that the mummy’s remains were found alongside ceramic vessels, textiles, and other artifacts at the Huaca Pukllana site in the middle of Lima’s affluent Miraflores district.
“The mummy has long hair and an almost intact jaw,” Ganoza noted, describing it as an adult seated with bent legs.
She added that the newly discovered mummy likely lived a millennium ago, during the early Ychsma culture—a society that developed along Peru’s central coast in a period of social reorganization before the Inca expansion into the region.
While Peru is best known for the Inca royal retreat of Machu Picchu high in the mountains, a variety of pre-Spanish cultures flourished centuries before the Inca Empire, mainly along the country’s central coast and the Andes.
Experts say Lima, home to some 10 million people, contains roughly 400 huacas—archaeological sites whose ruins can be found scattered across various neighborhoods.
