PERUVIAN MUMMY stripped of burial wrappings as it appears in the ex- 

 hibit of artifacts in the National Museum at Lima, Peru. The skull is capped 

 with plates of gold, linked together after the fashion of medieval coats of 

 mail. A heavy necklace of beads, gold chain and teeth, rests upon the 

 shoulders. There are two vessels of copper and hide, one beneath the left 

 arm, and one between the legs. All who died in ancient times in this region 

 were buried in a sitting position. Sometimes the bodies were placed in urns. 



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