Five mummies around 1,000 years old unearthed in Peru

STORY: Five mummies that are some 1,000-years-old

have been unearthed in Lima, Peru

Location: Huaca La Florida archeological site

(Luis Takuda, Archeologist)

"We are now in a 3,500-year-old pre-Inca temple. We have found five mummies. Four are apparently children, of whom three are covered with textiles and the other two are skeletons. These are 1,000 years old and belong to the Ychsma culture.''

The pre-Inca Ychsma culture inhabited the

central coast of Peru from around 900 to 1450 AD