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Over 1,000-year-old mummies found with hair intact! Archaeologists in Peru uncover a rare find – mummified children belonging to the ancient Ychsma culture.
The discovery took place in what was once a sacred ceremonial space in one of Lima's oldest neighbourhoods. Researchers suggest that the children belonged to the Ychsma culture, predating the Inca Empire.
Archaeologists in Peru have unearthed five mummies believed to be at least 1,000 years old from what was once a sacred ceremonial space that is now in one of the oldest neighbourhoods of modern-day Lima. Researchers believe the four children, discovered on Monday 20 November alongside the remains of an adult, come from the Ychsma culture that developed on Peru’s central coast before the Inca Empire rose to span swathes of the Andean region. Luis Takuda, an archaeologist in Lima’s Rimac district, said the temple was likely built 3,500 years ago.
In an astonishing archaeological discovery, researchers in Peru have unearthed the well-preserved remains of four child mummies, believed to be over a millennium old.
Peru archaeologists discovered an unwrapped 1,000-year-old mummified children with fair hair on their skull in Lima.