Students discover 7,000-year-old mummy

[Ichingcarpenter]

A group of students discovered a 7,000-year-old mummy during a trip to northern Chile, local media reported Monday.

La Tercera newspaper reported that the find was made by chance Saturday during a visit to the Morro de Arica site by local students.
The children, at-risk youths enrolled in an archeology workshop, were performing excavation work when one found a strange shape under dog droppings.

Ancient archeological artifacts have been forced toward the surface following the powerful 8.2 earthquake that rocked the region in April, reports say.

Trip organizer Hans Neira said the discovery of the mummy, part of the Chinchorro culture, showed that the area should be declared a protected zone.

http://phys.org/news/2014-05-students-year-old-mummy-chile.html

[Judi Lynn]

1. This event has revealed Chilean society is far more ancient than was thought.

It should encourage really intensive work there to learn what else has surfaced.

We really want to know more!

[Ichingcarpenter]

2. I like that these were ''at risk kids'' that found this

and the government had a archeology program for them....
Yes each year and each new discovery be in anywhere in the world is placing mankind's development and civilizations back further back than we thought possible.