Pre-Hispanic Unlooted Tomb Found in Peru

@mitrataj: archeologists in peru outsmart tomb robbers by keeping incredible find secret http://on.natgeo.com/17kshEo  via @NatGeo #wari #huari


That's how Mitra Taj (@mitrataj) tweets the news about the discovery of a Prehispanic chamber. Meanwhile, website Scribd also accounts the news [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 made out of stone of Huamanga [es], spindles, needles and other ornaments in the style of the Wari culture, which was located in Ayacucho.

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