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Peru unearths first unlooted Chimu tomb, containing 38 sets of remains

Archaeologists near Chan Chan found a Chimu funerary platform sealed for nearly 600 years, escaping the plunder that destroyed most other sites.

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What to know

  • A Chimu culture burial site near Chan Chan, Peru was found nearly intact after roughly 600 years, unlike other sites destroyed by colonial-era looting.
  • The tomb held the remains of at least 38 people plus metal weapons and other relics from the Chimu civilisation (flourished 900–1470 AD).
  • An archaeologist described it as 'the discovery of the decade,' underscoring its rarity as the first known unlooted Chimu burial.

Peruvian archaeologists excavation teamChimu kingdom pre-Incan civilisation whose burial site was found

Peru unearths first unlooted Chimu tomb, containing 38 sets of remains
Al Jazeera

How it unfolded 4 developments, newest first · click a bar or a number to jump articlesvideosposts

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    Story circulates widely on social platforms

    The NYT report on the untouched Chimu tombs is shared and reposted across Mastodon and Reddit, spreading the archaeological find beyond initial news coverage.

    • insolentpheasant.bsky.social

      Archaeologists have uncovered an ancient mausoleum in Peru containing 38 bodies and scores of artifacts, in what one researcher called the “discovery of the decade.” The roughly 600-year-old tomb was found at Chan Chan, the former capital of the Chimú kingdom.

      insolentpheasant.bsky.socialBluesky13d ago319▲view on Bluesky ↗
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    NYT calls the find 'the discovery of the decade'

    The New York Times reports the burials are the first from the Chimu kingdom known to have escaped centuries of looting, quoting an archaeologist's superlative assessment of the site's significance.

    “the discovery of the decade…”
    — unnamed archaeologist, quoted by NYT
  3. 2

    NBC News broadcasts the Chimu tomb discovery

    NBC News airs a segment on Peruvian archaeologists' discovery of the ancient Chimu tomb, extending coverage of the find to US television audiences.

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    Al Jazeera details sealed funerary chamber's contents

    Coverage reports the main chamber of the Chimu funerary platform had remained sealed for nearly 600 years, offering rare insight into the culture that flourished on Peru's northern coast between 900 and 1470 AD.

    “Its main chamber had remained sealed for nearly 600 years, offering rare insight into the pre-Incan civilisation.”
    — Al Jazeera English
  5. background

    Archaeologists uncover intact Chimu tomb near Chan Chan — A burial site containing the remains of at least 38 people, along with metal weapons and other relics of the pre-Incan Chimu civilisation, is found largely untouched after 600 years.

Also covered reported alongside — the timeline has no entry for these yet

  1. 2 outlets An intact tomb preserved for 600 years opens a window onto the world of the Chimú elite in Peru

    first by EL PAÍS English, 13d ago · also El Pais English

  2. 2 outlets Ancient Tombs, Untouched by Looters, Are Found Under Peru’s Sands

    first by The New York Times, 13d ago · also Boston Globe

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