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Mummy with bits of skin and hair intact unearthed in Peru
short by Pragya Swastik / on Tuesday, 25 April, 2023
Peruvian archaeologists unearthed a more than 1,000-year-old mummy in the ruins of Cajamarquilla. The mummified adolescent was found in an underground tomb wrapped in a funerary bundle, with bits of skin and hair intact. The archaeological site is also where the remains of eight children and 12 adults, who were apparently sacrificed around 800-1,200 years ago, were found.
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