INTERNATIONAL: And…Archaeologist Yomira Hijaman says, they have found 14 Pre-Inca Mummies, of which six are children, and eight are adults. They have also confirmed that two of the adults are women. They are between 800-1000 years old, it is narrowing because of the ceramic and calabash styles that they have found. And in the culture as well, with the possible clashes between the Wari and Lima civilizations.

The children and some of the adults were sacrificed. Sacrificed to honour what? To honour the mummy of Cajamarquilla. When a person belonging to the local elite or with a certain status died he was placed in this tomb, which we found some months ago. As part of the funerary rites other people were sacrificed in his honour. They were placed in the tomb's entrance so that they could accompany him in the path of the dead, towards the final destination. Andine societies have believed that after passing away, people didn't disappear. Death wasn't an ending but a beginning, a transition to a parallel world.

Peruvian archaeologists have discovered fourteen pre-Incan believed to be between 800 and 1000 years old at the archaeological complex of Cajamarquilla, located east of Lima.

National University of San Marcos (UNMSM) archaeologist Yomira Huaman, who is in charge of the Cajamarquilla Archaeological Site, has said her team has found that six of the mummies are children. The rest are adults, of which two have been confirmed to be women.

Archaeologists believe the children and adults were sacrificed in honour of a prominent figure within the local elite, whose mummy was found in late 2021, so that they could serve as accompaniment in the afterlife.

The mummies were found accompanied by other objects such as ceramic pots, decorated calabashes, knitting gear and botanical remains.