Utility workers in Peru unearth pre-Incan tomb with 1,000-year-old remains
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Gas Workers Digging Beneath the Streets of Lima Stumble Upon 1,000-Year-Old Mummy With Dark Brown Hair The burial belonged to a child who may have lived among fishermen from the Chancay culture, which thrived in Peru before the rise of the Inca Empire

Gas Workers Digging Beneath the Streets of Lima Stumble Upon 1,000-Year-Old Mummy With Dark Brown Hair: The burial belonged to a child who may have lived among fishermen from the Chancay culture, which thrived in Peru before the… @SmithsonianMag #Lima #Peru #Archaeology #IncaEmpire #ChancayCulture

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Remains of a woman, aged 20-30, with dark hair were found, shedding light on the Chancay culture (1000-1470 AD) and its fishing practices. The discovery, along with important ceramic vessels, is part of archaeological work in Lima.

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"An exceptionally well preserved Chancay textile doll, some 1,000-700 years old. Peru, Late Intermediate period.Courtesy of the Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, USA. "

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