Archeologists unearthed a 1,000-year-old mummy in Peru with a luscious head of long brown hair still intact
The ancient remains were discovered in a ceremonial grave at a site in Lima, the lead archeologist told Reuters.
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The ancient remains were discovered in a ceremonial grave at a site in Lima, the lead archeologist told Reuters.
A man in Peru shocked many after Peruvian police found an ancient mummy inside a food delivery cooler bag he was carrying.
The mummified mermaid at the Asakuchi shrine found from the Pacific Ocean between 1736 and 1741 consists of a strangely human face and a tale at the lower part of the body.
Peruvian archeologists have unearthed eight children and 12 adults apparently sacrificed around 800-1,200 years ago, they said on Tuesday, in a major dig at the pre-Incan Cajamarquilla complex east of Lima. The remains were outside an underground tomb where the team from Peru's San Marcos University found in November an ancient mummy thought to be a VIP bound with ropes, in a fetal position. Archaeologist Pieter Van Dalen said the bodies, some mummified and others skeletons, were wrapped in various layers of textiles as part of ancient pre-Hispanic ritual, and had likely been sacrificed...