Pre-Inca mummy found in Peru

Archaeologists at a funerary structure east of Lima in Peru found a mummy which could be up to 1, 200 years old, pre-Inca period. The underground structure where the mummy was found and offerings which were excavated with it. The mummy’s body was tied up by ropes and the hands were covering the face, which according to experts could be part of the local funeral pattern in Peru. The mummified remains were said to be part of a person from the culture that developed between the coast and mountains of the country, before the rise of the Inca Empire in the 1400s. The mummy’s gender is not yet known.

Archaeologist Peter Van Dalen Luna, who worked on the excavation said the remains are of a person who lived in the high Andean region of the country.