A mummy entirely bound in ropes and with its hands covering its face was discovered in an underground Peruvian tomb.

The mummy was discovered by archaeologists from the National University of San Marcos in Cajamarquilla, an important site 15.5 miles inland from Lima, Peru’s coastal city and capital.

A mummy, fully bound in ropes and with its hands covering its face, has been discovered in an underground tomb in Peru.

In a Peruvian underground tomb, a mummy with its hands concealing its face and being completely bound in ropes was found.

According to estimates, the mummy is 800–1200 years old.

A mummy, fully bound in ropes and with its hands covering its face, has been discovered in an underground tomb in Peru.

In a Peruvian underground tomb, a mummy with its hands concealing its face and being completely bound in ropes was found.

According to estimates, the mummy is 800–1200 years old.

At first glance, the mummy’s startling pose—bound by ropes and in the position of a foetus—seems terrifying, but scholars think it is a southern Peruvian funeral tradition.

The team of Archaeologists from Peru’s Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos found a mummy at Cajamarquilla

A mummy was discovered at Cajamarquilla by a team of archaeologists from Peru’s Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos.

Archaeologist Yomira Huamán Santillán told CNN the discovery came as a surprise as the team was not searching for a mummy.

Yomira Huamán Santillán, an archaeologist, told CNN The team wasn’t looking for a mummy, so the find caught them off guard.University of Southern California

According to Mr. Van Dalen Luna, “there are ongoing events and activities after the body is buried.”

That is to say, over many years, their ancestors have returned and left there food and offerings, including mollusks.

The mummy was discovered with hands over its face.

Hands were placed over the mummy’s face when it was found.University of Southern California

The Inca civilisation, which ruled the southern region of South America 500 years ago, is assumed to have predated the mummy, which is believed to be a male.

The finding of this residence, according to Pieter Van Dalen Luna, one of the archaeologists who oversaw the excavation, “sheds new light on contacts and relationships in pre-Hispanic times.”

Cajamarquilla was occupied throughout the first millennium of the current era, but was then abandoned.

During the first millennium of the present era, Cajamarquilla was inhabited, but afterwards abandoned.University of Southern California

According to evidence made public by the university, the findings show that the region was probably multiethnic and would have been inhabited by settlers from the coast and the mountains.

The mummy is estimated to be between 800 and 1200 years old.

According to estimates, the mummy is 800–1200 years old.University of Southern California

The crew wasn’t looking for a mummy, according to archaeologist Yomira Huamán Santillán, who told CNN that the discovery came as a surprise.

According to Huamán, “the entire squad was incredibly delighted because we didn’t think this was going to happen.”

“We weren’t planning to make such a significant finding,”