A mystery mummy was discovered in Peru

A mummy aged a thousand years, extremely well preserved, decorated with paint stacojie and a tattoo, was discovered in Peru. 

As anthropologists anticelor removed textile layers envelop the man aged about 30 years, have come to light but sacrifice family and how it can be strange: prastii, corn and a figure wearing the same clothes. 

Viewed together, Mummy, artifactele and archaeological site, suggests that mysterious civilization Chançay very little studied, was very attached, in its glory between 1000 and 1500 BC, the lands are 
placate the coast of north-central Peru. Chançay then fell under the domination Inca empire. 

Until now, most remains Chançay came from sites that were destroyed for the expansion of farms, which did not permit the study of its origins. Thus, the new mummy recently discovered in a tomb in the village Rontoy is a success without equal. 

"We know exactly where it came from Mummy and discover things that I always thought Chançay are," said anthropologist Kit Nelson at Tulane University. 

Nelson and his colleagues and spent a few weeks for the removal fase Mummy was wearing. Among the layers of textiles, found objects which have helped to build a picture of civilization. 

In the first layer of textile, researchers have found white cotton balls in their natural state, which can not say what means. Andes cotton crops used in funerals to show that the person had been weaver, but never met pure cotton. 

Mummy, nicknamed Kiko Rontoy researchers have an empty bag and a loop of yarn in your right hand, and among the layers is found pits and corn. 

Maize was a very valuable resource, which is food and Chichi, a variety of beer. Corn is in abundance near the mummy shows that Kiko Rontoy have a high social status. Why people Chançay offered corn, and what is still unknown. 

In layers of textiles has discovered and wooden figurines, long 30 cm, dressed in the same clothes as the Mummy. 

Most interesting though is the tattoo on right ankle - a line that follows the angle incheieturii. Tattoos are a sign of social status. The girl and her mummy was painted with red paint on the eyes and teeth was placed between metal plates, and internal organs were removed. 

The elites in an average settlement size as Rontoy Chançay show that was a civilization that had a very good regional control. But they were conquered receivable which have entered the Peruvian coast in 1476.