Rare Mummy Found in Peru With Strange Artifacts & Tattooclipped by: JohnWaterman 
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Disemboweled and decorated with scarlet paint, metal eye plates, and a tattoo, an exquisitely preserved, thousand-year-old mummy has been discovered in Peru. (See photos.)
The metal and red paint on the thirtysomething's face indicate elite status, and the presence of elites in Rontoy suggests the mysterious Chancay held a tighter grip over the Huaura River valley region than previously believed
Until now most Chancay remains have come from sites that had been looted or bulldozed for expanding farms, making the specimens' context and origins uncertain.
That spotty record makes the discovery of the new mummy in an untouched, corncob-lined tomb in the Chancay farming village of Rontoy a breakthrough.
A long, thin black tattoo follows the angle of the mummy's knee joint
The mummy was wrapped in layers of finely-woven textiles and a gauzy material. Offerings were embedded throughout the layers
metal plates over his eyes and one in his mouth
specially built, brick-lined tomb
clipper's remarks: More info. and a video at the source site
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