New findings in Huarmey concerning Wari culture: 1200 gold and silver objects and 63 mummies.
New findings in Huarmey concerning Wari culture: 1200 gold and silver objects and 63 mummies. Foto by : Juan Ponce The burial chamber was found by a group of Polish and Peruvian Archaeologists, four hours North from Lima. The Tomb Robbers were never able to dig up this tomb. Ingeniously, the subjects of the Wari lords shielded with a layer of 33 tons of gravel and therefore the tomb remained intact for about 1,200 years. Since a couple of years ago, a group of Polish researchers began to uncover the secret that kept a burial chamber of the Wari culture, which could solve various questions about the influence during the Middle Horizon era which was ruled by the Moche Empire and other north coast civilisations. Milosz Giersz, director of the archaeological project, and his wife Patrycja Przadka-Giersz Warsaw University and Peruvian colleagues, Krzysztof Makowski and Roberto Pimentel of the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru, in October 2010 had alrea...