Peru: Archaeologists unearth six mummified bodies of children – AZERTAC

Baku, February 16, AZERTAC

The bodies of six mummified children who were apparently offered as a sacrifice several hundred years ago have been found near the Peruvian capital Lima. According to archaeologists, the children were given to a nobleman on his way to the afterlife.

The children, possibly close relatives of the deceased, were placed at various points in the entrance area of ​​the tomb, excavation director Pieter Van Dalen said.

The tomb and small skeletons wrapped in cloth were found in November at the Cajamarquilla archaeological site, 24 kilometers east of Lima.

Cajamarquilla was built around 200 years before our era and was inhabited until the year 1500. The city offered space for up to 20,000 people.

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