The mummy was wrapped in bandages in the foetal position which is typical of many of the pre-Hispanic burials in the area. Mummification was practiced by a variety of cultures in what is now Peru ...

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Archaeology students discovered the mummy during a dig in Lima Archaeologists ... "formative era", around 3,000 years ago. The body was wrapped in cloth made from cotton and vegetable fibre.