Researchers Find 800-year-old Mummy in Peru
2021-11-30
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1Researchers have found a preserved body thought to be 800 years old in the South American country of Peru.
2The body was mummified.
3 Mummification is a method used by ancient cultures to preserve the bodies of dead people.
4One archaeologist involved said the body is from the Lima area of the country.
5The discovery was announced last week.
6Pieter van Dalen Luna of the State University of San Marcos described the mummy.
7"The whole body was tied up by ropes and with the hands covering the face," he said.
8He added that the process fits with other burials in the area.
9Van Dalen Luna said the person lived high in the Andes Mountains.
10It is not known if the body was that of a man or a woman.
11The next step is to use a process called radiocarbon dating to find a more exact date of when the person lived.
12The process measures the presence
13of a radioactive form of carbon which lets scientists estimate the age of something that was once alive.
14Van Dalen Luna said the mummy was found outside of Lima in a burial place.
15The burial contained objects including stone tools, vegetables and pottery.
16Peru is the home of the ancient city of Machu Picchu.
17It has hundreds of archaeological places where researchers are learning more about the Incan Empire
18which ruled the area over 500 years ago.
19I'm Dan Friedell.
1Researchers have found a preserved body thought to be 800 years old in the South American country of Peru. 2The body was mummified. Mummification is a method used by ancient cultures to preserve the bodies of dead people. 3One archaeologist involved said the body is from the Lima area of the country. The discovery was announced last week. 4Pieter van Dalen Luna of the State University of San Marcos described the mummy. "The whole body was tied up by ropes and with the hands covering the face," he said. He added that the process fits with other burials in the area. 5Van Dalen Luna said the person lived high in the Andes Mountains. It is not known if the body was that of a man or a woman. 6The next step is to use a process called radiocarbon dating to find a more exact date of when the person lived. The process measures the presence of a radioactive form of carbon which lets scientists estimate the age of something that was once alive. 7Van Dalen Luna said the mummy was found outside of Lima in a burial place. The burial contained objects including stone tools, vegetables and pottery. 8Peru is the home of the ancient city of Machu Picchu. It has hundreds of archaeological places where researchers are learning more about the Incan Empire which ruled the area over 500 years ago. 9I'm Dan Friedell. 10Dan Friedell adapted this story for Learning English based on reporting by Reuters. Mario Ritter, Jr. was the editor. 11Have you heard about mummies where you live? Tell us in the Comments section and visit our Facebook page. 12_________________________________________________ 13Words in This Story 14archaeologist - n. a scientist who studies past human life activities by studying bones, tools and other objects of ancient people. 15preserve - v. to keep (something) in its beginning state or in good condition