LIMA, PERU—According to a Reuters report, the mummified remains of four children and an adult thought to have died some 1,000 years ago during the Ychsma period have been unearthed in Lima. The well-preserved mummies were found, along with some pottery, at the base of a staircase that was part of a hilltop temple dated to about 3,500 years ago. “This whole area is a very important ceremonial chamber,” said archaeologist Luis Takuda of Lima’s Rimac District. “The people who lived here during the Ychsma period still considered it a sacred space and therefore buried their dead here,” he explained. For more, go to “Peru’s Mysterious Infant Burials.”
Mummies Buried at Ancient Temple Site Discovered in Peru
News November 27, 2023
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