Workers digging in the streets of Lima to install gas pipes made an astonishing discovery: a mummy that dates back over a thousand years, as recently announced by the company overseeing this finding.
The mummy was uncovered while employees of the gas distribution company were conducting excavation work in the Puente Piedra area, located to the north of Peru’s capital.
Archaeologist Jesus Bahamonde reported, “We found a burial shroud of a notable figure within a grave that is over a thousand years old.”
The remains were located in a seated position, with the arms and legs folded, and the face oriented toward the north.
This mummy, which was discovered last week alongside pottery fragments, belongs to the Chancay culture from the pre-Inca period. This civilization inhabited much of the Lima valleys between the 11th and the early 15th centuries.
Archaeologist José Pablo Aliaga emphasized the significance of this discovery, highlighting that it reveals a “much deeper history” of Lima than previously recognized. Since Calidda began its operations in Lima in 2004, it has documented more than 2,200 archaeological finds by chance.