Archaeologists find hundreds of mummies in Peru

ArabiaWeather.com - Archaeologists at the Royal Ontario Museum in Canada have found dozens of tombs in the Kutaisi Valley in Peru, some of which contain 40 mummies.

Scientists have recovered 171 mummies so far from seven graves during their excavation work, and noticed that the buried bodies were placed in unusual positions, with their knees pulled to their shoulders and their forearms tied to their chests, then the bodies were wrapped in these strange positions with several layers of cloth and tied with ropes.

The head of the mission, Justin Jennings, confirmed that the discovered graves are located within small hills surrounding the valley in which the ancient people of Peru lived, noting that the remains of the bodies belong to people of different ages, including the elderly and newborns.

The researchers found the bodies of the newborns inside vessels. All the mummified remains were found in poor condition due to the influence of water and rodents, while some of these bodies were deliberately mutilated and cut, as their limbs remained scattered inside the graves.

The burial of these bodies dates back to the period between 800 and 1000 AD, according to the analysis conducted by a carbon radioactive element and the study of pieces of ceramics found around the bodies.

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