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Chauchilla Cemetery is a cemetery that contains prehispanic mummified human remains and archeological artifacts, located 30 kilometres (19 mi) south of the city of Nazca in Peru. [1] [2] The cemetery is associated with the Nazca culture. The internments started c. 200 AD and continued until the 9th century.
Archaeological sites in Peru are numerous and diverse, representing different aspects including temples and fortresses of the various cultures of ancient Peru, such as the Moche and Nazca. The sites vary in importance from small local sites to UNESCO World Heritage sites of global importance. [ 1 ]
A mummy is a dead human or an animal whose soft tissues and organs have been preserved by either intentional or accidental ... south of the city of Nazca in Peru. ...
AI helps uncover hundreds of unknown ancient symbols hidden in Peru’s Nazca Desert. Katie Hunt, CNN. September 27, 2024 at 11:49 AM. Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter.
A separate three-fingered hand believed to be from Peru's Nazca region was also analyzed, with experts ruling out any connection to alien life. Scientists assert 'alien mummies' in Peru are really ...
More than 900 years ago, 22 people were wrapped in fabric and buried in Peru. Now, archaeologists have discovered their mummies — and the treasures they took with them to the grave.
Nazca Female Effigy Figure, made of sperm whale tooth, shell and hair. The Nazca culture (also Nasca) was the archaeological culture that flourished from c. 100 BC to 800 AD beside the arid, southern coast of Peru in the river valleys of the Rio Grande de Nazca drainage and the Ica Valley. [1]
Archeologists have found a pre-Hispanic mummy surrounded by coca leaves on top of a hill in Peru’s capital next to the practice field of a professional soccer club. A team from The Associated ...