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The warriors who were buried with the Lord of Sipán had amputated feet, as if to prevent them from leaving the tomb. The women were dressed in ceremonial clothes. In addition to the people, archeologists found in the tomb a total of 451 ceremonial items and offerings (burial goods), and the remains of several animals, including a dog and two ...
La doncella ("The maiden"), the oldest of the three mummies of Inca children discovered in 1999 near Llullaillaco. The Children of Llullaillaco [1] (Spanish: [(ɟ)ʝuʝajˈʝako]), also known as the Mummies of Llullaillaco, are three Inca child mummies discovered on 16 March 1999 by Johan Reinhard and his archaeological team near the summit of Llullaillaco, a 6,739 m (22,110 ft) stratovolcano ...
Caballito de totora in the Peruvian beach of Huanchaco. In 1987, archaeologists, alerted by the local police, discovered the first intact Moche tomb at Sipán in northern Peru. Inside the tomb, which was carbon dated to about 300 AD, the archaeologists found the mummified remains of a high ranking male, the Lord of Sipán. Also in the tomb were ...
Most of the mummies were newborns and children under the age of 2, researchers said. Trove of 900-year-old mummies — buried with ancient treasures — unearthed in Peru Skip to main content
Mr Maussan’s 2023 stint in front of Mexican lawmakers is not the first time that he has claimed he knows about secret alien remains in Peru. In 2017, he claimed he found the remains of ancestral ...
A pair of "alien mummies" that mysteriously turned up at the airport in Peru's capital last October have entirely Earthly origins, according to a scientific analysis revealed on Friday. The two ...
The mummy bundles contained up to seven people, some being topped with fake heads. [5] Although this has been a substantial discovery, Guillermo Cock believes that, "Only 40 percent of the occupants of the Inca burial ground have been recovered." [5] Once all of the mummies and artifacts have been salvaged they will be moved to a museum in Peru ...
A mummy that is approximately 800 years old that is believed to be of pre inca cultures was found on the site in November 2021 by a team of archeologists of the National University of San Marcos. [1] Researchers reported that the mummy was tied with strings, covering his face with his hands, so they assumed it was a southern Peruvian funeral ...