Mummies Buried at Ancient Temple Site Discovered in Peru

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.”