1,000-Year-Old Mummies of Children Discovered in Peru

The children, believed to be part of the Inca Ychsma culture, were found in a sacred ceremonial space in one of Lima's oldest neighborhoods.

Archaeologists in Peru have discovered four mummified children believed to be at least 1,000 years old in one of the oldest neighborhoods in Lima.
The children are thought to be part of the pre-Inca Ychsma culture, which inhabited the central coast of Peru from approximately 900 to 1450 A.D.
The mummies were found next to an adult and near a small hill with a staircase that could have led to a hidden temple, which is likely 3,500 years old.
Three of the mummies were covered in textiles and the other two are skeletons — and their skulls still had hair on them.
The site where the children were found is near homes and a field used by a Peruvian professional soccer team for training, and there are about 400 of these sacred sites throughout Lima.