Before the mummy was carefully wrapped in tissue paper and lifted onto a flat wooden board, the archaeological team exposed her face to reveal two big, bright blue orbs in her eye sockets. "Her face startled me at first," Miguel Angel, 19, a worker at Huaca Pucllana who helped unearth the tomb, told Reuters. "I wasn't expecting to find anything like that." It's not yet known what the fake eyes are made of.
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Living in between 600 AD and 1100 AD, the Wari people settled near what is now Ayacucho in the Andes, but they traveled widely and are known for their extensive network of roads. About 30 tombs have been found at Huaca Pucllana, which is surrounded by the busy streets of Lima. The tombs are easily identified--when they are in good condition--by the ceramic and textile offerings that are placed around the dead.
Since children were often sacrificed in this culture, their small bodies are found alongside those of adults. At Huaca Pucllana several adult mummies have been found, as well as that of a child, who was likely a sacrificial victim.
