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Pre-Hispanic Unlooted Tomb Found in Peru

Categories: Latin America, Peru, Citizen Media, History

@mitrataj [1]: archeologists in peru outsmart tomb robbers by keeping incredible find secret http://on.natgeo.com/17kshEo  [2] via @NatGeo [3] #wari [4] #huari [5]


That's how Mitra Taj (@mitrataj [6]) tweets the news about the discovery of a Prehispanic chamber. Meanwhile, website Scribd also accounts the news [7] [es], and notes that along with the chamber, 1,200 items were found, among them golden and silver lappets, extraordinarily beautiful pottery bottles, pots, pitchers, bowls, a kero [8] made out of stone of Huamanga [9] [es], spindles, needles and other ornaments in the style of the Wari culture [10], which was located in Ayacucho [11].