They were discovered at the Huaca La Florida archeological site, where archeologists have just discovered five ancient mummies. The site is a 3,500-year-old pre-incan temple, belonging to the Ychsma peoples and most of the mummies found are children.
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00:00 This video was recently captured in Peru's capital of Lima and this is the Huacala Florida
00:08 archaeological site where archaeologists have just discovered five ancient mummies.
00:13 This site is a 3500 year old pre-Incan temple belonging to the Ixma peoples.
00:18 Of the five mummies, four of them are children, two of which are covered in cloths while the
00:22 others are simply skeletons.
00:24 What's really wild is how old they are, with the oldest of the five being at least a thousand
00:28 years old.
00:29 The Ixma people lived along the Peruvian central coast from 900 to 1450 AD.
00:33 They later became part of the larger Incan culture.
00:36 They often lived far inland but maintained a high standard of living due to their impressive
00:40 irrigation methods, especially for the time.
00:42 However, the archaeologists add that some of the architecture at the site even predates
00:46 their culture.
00:47 In fact, they say this staircase was likely built by the Manche culture, built around
00:52 5500 years ago.
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