Intact 2,700-year-old tomb found in northern Peru
Intact 2,700-year-old tomb found in northern Peru
Published September 17, 2015/
Fox News Latino
Lima, Peru (EFE) – A team of Japanese and Peruvian researchers has found in northern Peru an intact 2,700-year-old tomb containing the remains of two high priests from the ancient Pacopampa culture.
The discovery was made in the Cajamarca region, 500 miles north of Lima.
Project co-director Daniel Morales told EFE the team informally dubbed the structure the "Tomb of the Serpent-Jaguar Priests," after a ceramic vessel in the shape of a serpent with a jaguar's head found alongside one of the bodies.
One of the individuals was buried with a necklace of 13 oval-shaped gold beads engraved with figure-eights, while the second was accompanied by the Serpent-Jaguar vessel, which is 8- inches tall and has a stirrup-like handle.
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