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Mummy discovered in Peru

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Peruvian archaeologists have discovered an intact mummy of the Wari civilisation in a recently discovered tomb in Lima's Huaca Pucllana ceremonial complex.

It is the first intact Wari burial site discovered at Huaca Pucllana and researchers believe it dates from about 700AD.

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