Ancient Civilizations1,000-Year-Old Pre-Inca Mummy From Chancay Civilization Unearthed in Lima Posted on July 7, 2025 by Administrator Hidden under the urban hubbub of Lima’s Puente Piedra area, workers laying out Peru’s network of natural gas pipelines have inadvertently made an astonishing archaeological discovery: the mummified body of a young woman buried more than 1,000 years ago.
