Unlooted Tombs Shed Light on the Incan Empire's Greatest Rivals

The once-in-a-lifetime discovery of unlooted graves containing ancient weapons, jewelry, and 38 skeletons provides insight ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Unsealed for the First Time in 600 Years, This Tomb in Peru Was Just Declared the ‘Discovery of the Decade’

Archaeologists excavating Chan Chan, the capital of the pre-Inca Chimú civilization, found an undisturbed mausoleum that held ...

Archaeologists Just Opened a Pre-Incan Tomb Sealed for 600 Years. Here’s What They Found

The mausoleum miraculously evaded colonial and contemporary looters—but not the careful eye of experts working at the ...
EL PAÍS English

An intact tomb preserved for 600 years opens a window onto the world of the Chimú elite in Peru

A funerary platform found in the citadel of Chan Chan, preserving the remains of 38 individuals and metal, copper and gold ...
LatinAmerican Post

Peru Unearths Chan Chan Tombs and Finds Power Has an Afterlife Too

Untouched Chimú tombs at Chan Chan and ritual figurines from Kuélap are reopening Peru’s ancient history. Beyond the ...

Peru: Chan Chan funerary platform reveals Chimu Elite rituals 600 years ago

The intact Chimu funerary platform, discovered by Peruvian archaeologists at the Chan Chan Archaeological Complex, shows ...
Greek Reporter

Intact Chimú Elite Tombs With Gold and Shells Discovered in Peru

Archaeologists uncover 38 elite tombs with gold and shell offerings in Chan Chan, Peru, in a burial site untouched for over ...
NewsBytes

Archeologists discover almost perfectly preserved 600-year-old Chimu tomb in Peru

Archaeologists in Peru have uncovered a nearly intact Chimú-era mausoleum at Chan Chan, revealing the remains of at least 38 ...
The Art Newspaper

600-year-old funerary platform discovered in Peru

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Morning Overview on MSN

An untouched Chimu funerary platform opened at Chan Chan after six centuries

the buried Chimu platform is the specific development at the center of this account. At Chan Chan, the available briefing names Peru Ministry of Culture and identifies a sealed funerary setting as the ...
Ancient Origins

Chan Chan Burial Reveals 38 High-Status Chimú Individuals

The remains of 38 prominent individuals have been discovered thanks to a perfectly preserved grave site at Chan Chan in northern Peru. Many antiquities that were used in rituals have also been ...