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1,000-year-old pre-Inca mummy discovered beneath Lima street

Video. Ancient Peruvian mummy found lying just half a metre below a street

Updated: 24/06/2025 - 8:14 GMT+2

While laying gas pipes in Lima’s Puente Piedra district, workers uncovered a 1,000-year-old pre-Inca mummy just half a metre underground.

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