The man is bound with his hands over his face.
A mummy bound with rope has been unearthed by archeologists in the outskirts of the capital city of Lima.
The man's hands are covering his face, which is thought to be from the time he died.
The mummy was found in a burial chamber that was about 10 feet in length and about 1.5 feet in depth at the dig site in Cajamarquilla, which is about 15 miles east of Lima.
The find was called "peculiar and unique" by the archeologist who is in charge of the project.
He said the mummy would have been buried between 800 and 1200 AD.
Researchers at the University of San Marcos found the skeleton of an animal on one side of the mummy.
There were traces of vegetables in the burial chamber.
Van Dalen said that Cajamarquilla could have been home to 10,000-20,000 people.
The city was built in 200 BC and occupied until 1500.
2021.
The mummy was retrieved from the jungle on December 1st, 2021.
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