VIDEO: 1,300-Year-Old Peru Mummy Found
Wednesday, August 27, 2008 - 18:21
in Paleontology & Archaeology
The rare pre-Inca mummy was masked and entombed with a child sacrifice. Found near high-rises in Lima, the tomb is one of the few known unlooted Wari burials.
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