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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Franklin Briceo

Archeologists find mummy surrounded by coca leaves on hilltop in Peru's capital

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Archeologists have found a pre-Hispanic mummy surrounded by coca leaves on top of a hill in Peru’s capital next to the practice field of a professional soccer club.

A team from The Associated Press on Thursday viewed the skeleton with long black hair lying face up with its lower extremities tied with a rope braided from vines of vegetable origin. Stones surrounded the mummy buried one meter (three feet) down.

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