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Inca-Era Tomb Discovered Under Home in San Juan de Lurigancho, Lima

Published on , by La Gazette Drouot

A 500-year-old tomb believed to contain “noble remains wrapped in cloth” (thought to be elites from the Riricancho society, which populated Lima before the Incas) has been found during an archaeological survey before planned reconstruction work on the house in the working-class neighborhood. (Reuters)