Archeologists find 800-year old mummy buried in underground tomb in Peru

indiatoday ^

[BenLurkin]

A team of experts has found a mummy estimated to be at least 800 years old on Peru's central coast, one of the archaeologists who participated in the excavation said on Friday.

The mummified remains were of a person from the culture that developed between the coast and mountains of the South American country. The mummy, whose gender was not identified, was discovered in the Lima region, said archaeologist Pieter Van Dalen Luna.

"The main characteristic of the mummy is that the whole body was tied up by ropes and with the hands covering the face, which would be part of the local funeral pattern," said Van Dalen Luna, from the State University of San Marcos.

[BenLurkin]

Don’t anybody tell Bill Clinton.

[Fai Mao]

And it tested positive for COVID.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

Thanks for posting! Our son’s girlfriend is from Lima, Peru. I just forwarded the article to him.

[EvilCapitalist]

800 years old? Doesn’t look a day over 500 to me.

[packagingguy]

Joe served in the Senate with the mummy.

[alternatives?]

“whose gender was not identified”

Two thoughts.

I guess the mummy should have worn a bracelet that said I am a male or female so they could be identified.

I hope they didn’t have “Rest in Peace” on the tombstone.

[Leep]

“gender was not identified”

Maybe it was a daddy?

[tallyhoe]

What? No Daddy?

[ryderann]

I’m thinking that the mummy’s DNA would show a connection to Egypt.

[Bloodandgravy]

Child pachamama sacrifice?

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks BenLurkin. That reminds me, I had a delicious wrap for lunch the other day...

[TChad]

whose gender was not identified

Here we go.

[BenLurkin]

Aren’t the mummies all sacrifices in Peru? As opposed to burials?

[bytesmith]

At the time of death the mummy had not determined which sex it was identifying with.

[oldasrocks]

I think it is horrible that they dig up graves. Leave the dead people alone.

[MadMax, the Grinning Reaper]

Helen Thomas?

[cableguymn]

Probably patient zero

[Red Badger]

I bet the person was buried alive.....................

[SunkenCiv]

I blame white supremacy. /s