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Almost intact Chimu funerary platform uncovered in Peru

Archaeologists in Peru have reportedly uncovered a funerary platform associated with the pre-Incan Chimu kingdom and estimated to be about 600 years old.

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Adrian Cole
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Source: Al Jazeera Global News · View original source
Aerial view of workers excavating a stepped earthen archaeological structure with exposed walls and chambers.
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Archaeologists in Peru have uncovered an almost intact funerary platform associated with the pre-Incan Chimu kingdom, according to Al Jazeera Global News.

The structure is reported to date back approximately 600 years, placing it within the period of the Chimu kingdom, a pre-Incan civilisation in Peru.

The supplied report does not identify the precise location of the excavation or provide details about the archaeological team, the excavation date, human remains or artefacts.

The source describes the discovery as a Chimu funerary platform. It does not establish whether the term “tomb” refers to the entire structure or to a specific burial within it.

The reported discovery and dating have not been independently substantiated in the supplied material.

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