23.06.2022, 17:03
Zitat:Inca-era tomb unearthed beneath home in Peru’s capitalhttps://www.theguardian.com/science/2022...us-capital
500-year old structure, found in working-class area of Lima, thought to contain remains of society elites
Scientists have unearthed an Inca-era tomb under a home in the heart of Peru’s capital, Lima, a burial believed to hold remains wrapped in cloth alongside ceramics and fine ornaments. The lead archeologist, Julio Abanto, told Reuters the 500-year-old tomb contained “multiple funerary bundles” tightly wrapped in cloth.
He said those entombed were probably from the elite of Ruricancho society, a culture that once populated present-day Lima before the powerful Inca came to rule a sprawling empire across the length of western South America in the 1400s. [...] Hipolito Tica, the owner of the house in Lima, said he was overcome with emotion at the surprise find. “It’s amazing. I really have no other words to describe it,” he said, expressing a hope that future generations in the working-class San Juan de Lurigancho neighbourhood would better appreciate the rich history all around them.
Excavations began in May after Tica’s building plans for his property triggered a required archeological survey. The district of Lima is known for hundreds of past archaeological finds from cultures that developed before and after the Inca.
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