These Ancient Mummies Were Discovered Near Peru’s Capital

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They were discovered at the Huaca La Florida archeological site, where archeologists have just discovered five ancient mummies. The site is a 3,500-year-old pre-incan temple, belonging to the Ychsma peoples and most of the mummies found are children.

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00:00This video was recently captured in Peru's capital of Lima, and this is the Huaca La

00:07Florida archaeological site, where archaeologists have just discovered five ancient mummies.

00:13This site is a 3500-year-old pre-Incan temple belonging to the Ichma peoples. Of the five

00:19mummies, four of them are children, two of which are covered in cloths while the others are simply

00:23skeletons. What's really wild is how old they are, with the oldest of the five being at least

00:27a thousand years old. The Ichma people lived along the Peruvian central coast from 900

00:32to 1450 AD. They later became part of the larger Incan culture. They often lived far inland,

00:38but maintained a high standard of living due to their impressive irrigation methods, especially

00:42for the time. However, the archaeologists add that some of the architecture at the site

00:46even predates their culture. In fact, they say this staircase was likely built by the Manche

00:50agriculture, built around 5,500 years ago.

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