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Gas Workers Digging Beneath the Streets of Lima Stumble Upon 1,000-Year-Old Mummy With Dark Brown Hair
While installing new pipes in Lima, Peru, utility workers stumbled upon a pre-Inca burial: a mummy of a child between ages 10 and 15, who had been resting undisturbed for 1,000 years. Located ...
Utility workers digging trenches stumble upon 1,000-year-old mummy with intact hair
A pre-Hispanic mummy dating back 1,000 years was recently found by utility workers in Lima, Peru, with archaeologists linking ...
An earthquake off Peru’s coast shakes capital, leaving 1 person dead and 5 injured
A 5.6 magnitude earthquake that struck off Peru’s central coast, rattling Lima and the port city of Callao, has left one person dead and five injured.
Workers Were Laying a Gas Pipeline—and Uncovered a 1,000-Year-Old Child Mummy
The environment along Peru’s coastline often naturally mummifies remains. Workers laying new natural gas pipeline in Lima, ...
Utility workers discover 1,000-year-old mummy of a child while installing pipes in Peru
The mummy had gone unnoticed despite urban development in a district where agricultural fields have been converted into ...
Utility workers uncover 1,000-year-old pre-Inca mummy in Peru's capital
Utility workers excavating trenches to expand the network of natural gas pipelines in Peru’s capital have uncovered a pre-Inca mummy approximately 1,000 years old, barely half a meter from ...