Anthropologist Helps Unravel Mummy Mystery
Sunday, July 27, 2008 - 23:21
in Paleontology & Archaeology
Anthropologists are in the process of unraveling a mummy bundle found in Peru's historic Huaura Valley. The mummy is believed to have been an elite member of the Chancay culture, a civilization that thrived in the central coast of Peru from about 1000 to 1400 AD. The territory of the Chancay was later home to the Incas.
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