Public service workers discover a mother of a 1,000 -year -old child while installing pipes in Peru

Peruvian public service workers recently found a 1,000 -year -old mummy while installed pipes in Lima, said their company, confirming the last discovery of a pre -Hispanic tomb in the capital.

The workers found the trunk of a Huarango tree (a native species of the coastal Peru) “, ​​which served as a score of tombs in the past,” Jesús Bahamonde, Scientific Coordinator of Calidda Utility Company, told journalists.

The mummy of a child between 10 and 15 years was found at a depth of 20 inches, he added.

“Burial and objects correspond to a style that developed between 1000 and 1200,” he said.

The remains discovered on Monday were “in a sitting position, with the arms and legs bent,” according to Bahamonde.

They were found in a shroud that also contained Calabash pumpkins.

Ceramic objects were found, including plates, bottles and jugs decorated with geometric figures and fishermen figures, next to the mummy.

The tomb and artifacts belong to the culture prior to the Inca Chancay, which lived in the Lima area between the XI and XV centuries.

They were discovered while gas workers extracted the land from an avenue in the district of Puente Piedra del Norte de Lima.

José Aliaga, an archaeologist with warm utility, said that the unearthed mummy still has dark brown hair.

“We found remains and evidence that there could be a pre -Hispanic burial,” Aliaga said.

In Peru, public service companies must hire archaeologists when drilling the land, due to the possibility of reaching patrimonial sites.

Calidda has made more than 2,200 archaeological findings since 2004.

Lima is home to more than 500 archaeological sites, including dozens of “huacas” as ancient cemeteries are known in the Quechua indigenous language.

“It is very common to find archaeological remains on the Peruvian coast, including Lima, mainly funeral elements: tombs, burials and, among these mummified individuals,” said Pieter Van Dalen, dean of the Faculty of Archaeologists of Peru.

Van Dalen, who is not involved in the discovery, said that mummies on the Peruvian coast are usually naturally mummified, usually in desert areas, with skin dehydrated by summer heat. He explained that it has been found that other unearthed remains have undergone mummification procedures for cultural reasons and are generally discovered in a position sitting with their hands covering their faces.

In April, archaeologists in Peru announced that they found the Remains of 5,000 years of age of a noble In the sacred city of Caral, in an area that was used for decades.

Only a few days before, researchers who carry out excavation work in southern Peru found an ancient tomb full of the remains of two dozen people They are believed to be battle victims.

News contributed to this report.

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