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According to the news of the US Nerdist website on the 2nd, in the new discovery of an archaeological site on the outskirts of the Peruvian capital, archaeologists found a mummy from 800 years ago, which was tied by a rope when it was buried, and its hands covered its face.
According to sources, archaeologists are excited every time they find an ancient mummy. Well-preserved mummies capture the essence of the ancients when they were alive. These Peruvian sites are constantly giving people a new understanding of the indigenous culture before and after the Inca Empire.
Archaeologists found the particular mummy in an underground structure on the outskirts of the Peruvian capital. Reuters reported that the remains came from a culture that developed between the Peruvian coast and mountains. Peter van Darren Luna, the archaeologist in charge of the discovery, also told Reuters that he and his colleagues had not yet determined the sex of the mummy.
Luna, from California State University, San Marcos, told Reuters: "The main feature of this mummy is that the whole body is tied up with ropes and the hands are covered with faces, which is part of the local funeral pattern." He added that determining the exact age of a mummy requires the use of radiocarbon dating.
Next to the mummy, archaeologists have also found small traces of pottery, stone tools, and even vegetables.
(Editor: WDQ)