The tomb before the incán with 1,000 years remains unearthed in Peru

Public service workers who excavate trenches to expand an underground gas network in the capital of Peru unearthed two tombs prior to the Incán on Thursday that are over 1,000 years old.

One of the tombs was empty, while the other contained the remains of 1,000 years of an individual along with four clay vessels and three pumpkin shell artifacts.

According to archaeologist José Aliaga, the iconography of the ships and their black, white and red colors “allow us to establish a connection with the culture prior to Incan Chancay, ‘which has approximately 1,000 to 1,470 years of age.” Aliaga told The News that the individual was found wrapped in a torn package, in a position sitting with his legs against his chest, and his team will continue to clean the remains.

“Lima is unique among Latin American capitals,” said Aliaga, “since several archaeological findings are unearthed during almost all civil projects.”

The Peruvian capital of Lima, a city of more than 10 million people, has more than 400 archaeological sites of the Inca era, the fifteenth century, or before, of the period before Inca, according to the Ministry of Culture.

Surprisingly, the discovery of Thursday was not the first time that the company that distributes natural gas in Lima has found archaeological remains. For more than two decades of excavation work to expand the underground network, the company says it has made more than 2,200 discoveries.

Last month, Public service workers found a mother of a 1,000 -year -old child age between 10 and 15 while installed pipes. Archaeologist Jesús Bahamonde told journalists at that time that the workers found the trunk of a Huarango tree, “which served as a tomb marker in the past.”

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.

“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 did not participate in the discovery of Thursday.

On Thursday, passersby stopped dry to observe the burial site, even taking their cell phones to take a photo.

“I always thought they were paths where no one had lived,” said Flor Prieto, who walked with her 7 -year -old daughter. “But now I know that older people who have lived there … feel very exciting.”

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