Some archaeologists describe Peru’s capital as an onion with many layers of history, others consider it a box of surprises. “We are recovering those leaves of the lost history of Lima that is just hidden under the tracks and streets,” Jesus Bahamonde, an archaeologist at Calidda, the company that distributes natural gas in the city of 10 million people, said Friday. The area that is now Lima has been occupied for more than 10,000 years by pre-Inca cultures, then the Inca Empire itself and then the colonial culture brought by the Spanish conquerors in 1535.
Workers uncover eight mummies and pre-Inca objects while expanding the gas network in Peru
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Workers uncover eight mummies and pre-Inca objects while expanding the gas network in Peru
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Workers uncover eight mummies and pre-Inca objects while expanding the gas network in Peru
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