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Well-Preserved, 1,000-Year-Old Mummy Found in Peru
By Jack Phillips
May 27, 2018 11:47 am Last Updated: May 27, 2018 12:38 pm
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Archaeologists found a 1,000-year-old mummy in Peru.
“The deceased is still wrapped in the enormous funeral bundle that served as a coffin,” said professor Peter Eeckhout, according to Phys.org. “Discoveries like this one are exceptionally scarce, and this mummy is incredibly well preserved. Samples were collected for carbon-14 dating, but the area in which it was discovered and the type of tomb suggest this individual was buried between 1000 and 1200 AD.”
The finding was made in Pachacamac, a pre-Columbian pilgrimage site in the Inca Empire. They found a funerary sanctuary filled with other mummies.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/well-preserved-1000-year-old-mummy-found-in-peru_2539591.html