Ancient Mausoleum Discovered Along Peruvian Coast
The sealed burial held 38 people and metal, copper and gold objects, offering rare evidence of Chimú elite funerary rituals.
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An archaeologist described the tombs as "the discovery of the decade", as they are the first burials of the kingdom of Chimu that have escaped centuries of looting.
An intact tomb preserved for 600 years opens a window onto the world of the Chimú elite in Peru
For more than six centuries, a compact mass of stone kept looters and treasure hunters away from a tomb at Chan Chan, the largest adobe city in the Americas. Beneath those fill deposits, in the walled complex of Utzh An, the former Great Chimú Palace, a team of Peruvian archaeologists uncovered a nearly intact funerary platform. The discovery took place in Trujillo, in the La Libertad region, within the ancient capital of the Chimú kingdom on Pe…
In Peru, a team of archaeologists discovered a funeral platform dating from about 600 years ago at the site of Chan Chan, in the region of La Libertad. (ANSA)
The site, about 600 years old, contained 38 bodies that could have belonged to the elite of the Chimou kingdom, which ruled much of the country’s coast before the Incas. On the arid northern coast of Peru, under a ruined citadel, archaeologists discovered an ancient mausoleum that remained [...]
The tomb was discovered by researchers a few weeks ago, in the Chan Chan area, approximately 500 kilometers north of Lima. ...
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