The mummy had gone unnoticed despite urban development in a district where agricultural fields have been converted into working-class neighborhoods.

A mummy was discovered by utility workers in Peru, and it is believed to have belonged to an adolescent from a pre-Inca culture.

The mummy, still bearing pieces of skin and tufts of hair, was found in an underground tomb wrapped in a funerary bundle, along with ancient ceramics and rope.

The environment along Peru’s coastline often naturally mummifies remains. Workers laying new natural gas pipeline in Lima, ...

Flores said about 30 tombs have been found at Huaca Pucllana, surrounded by Lima's busy streets. When in good condition, Wari tombs can be identified by the ceramic and textile offerings placed ...

Peruvian gas workers this week found a thousand-year-old mummy while installing pipes in Lima, their company said, confirming the latest discovery of a pre-Hispanic tomb in the capital.

Archaeologists in Egypt have unearthed a rare mummy menagerie, including the wrapped remains of cats, crocodiles, scarabs, cobras and two lion cubs. The discovery was made in the tomb of a 7th ...

HIGH PRIESTS’ TOMBS DISCOVERED IN EGYPT. ... Four necklaces were also found tied to each other with a ceramic grille on the mummy’s chest. The mummy is about 3,600 years old.

Archaeologists in Egypt unearthed 4,600-year-old ‘well’ tomb and brick tombs, other burials and an ancient mummy in a Greco-Roman catacomb. ... One item looks like a ceramic bird cage.

Archaeologists in Egypt unearthed 4,600-year-old ‘well’ tomb and brick tombs, other burials and an ancient mummy in a Greco-Roman catacomb. Photo from Egypt’s Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities ...

Archaeologists in Saqqara unearthed 4,600-year-old ‘well’ & brick tombs, other burials & ancient mummy in Greco-Roman catacomb, photos show.