In a series of tombs, the eerie sitting positions of four bodies from around 1,000 AD have been found. Archeologists found the skeletons of three grown-up ladies and one man in a private area in Lima, Peru

They are essential for a civilisation that ruled Peru before the ascent of the Inca, and keeping in mind that the remaining parts seem to have decayed, archeologists accept they were once enveloped by materials trying to preserve them.

The ancient Ichma culture that emerged after the breakup of the South American Wari Empire and was later absorbed into the Inca Empire included the four skeletons that were discovered in separate tombs.

Ceramics and weaving implements were among the offerings that were discovered alongside the seated figures, some of which still wore hair.

Archaeologists believe that this position must have had some kind of ritual significance, though the exact reason for it is still unknown.

The Incas, and possible societies before them including the Ichma, accepted there was a connection between the living and the divine beings.

Along with ceramic pots and weaving tools (shown), some of the skeletons still had hair on them. They were found buried. Archaeologists believe that the remains were once wrapped in cloth to try to mummify them. As a result, mummies were often given “places of honor” near temples and on high ground and were “consulted” on important occasions.

The living preserved their dead using artificial methods like embalming and desiccation, which involves drying out the flesh.

Spanish champions during the sixteenth century were apparently so nauseated by the custom that they obliterated numerous mummies in the wake of stealing from their graves.

This could explain why the newly discovered tombs did not contain any other artifacts or even the cloth that the mummies were wrapped in.

It is the most recent of a number of ancient tombs that have been found in the capital of Peru. Some of these tombs are from the Ichma, or Ychsma, era, and they help shed light on a previously unknown culture.

An archaeologist and the excavation director for Huaca Pucllana, the ancient ceremonial complex in the Miraflores district of Lima where the skeletons were discovered, Isabel Flores stated: There are four adult human burial sites: three for women and one for men who lived between 1000 and 1450.

‘These are the initial four burial chambers of the Ichma culture. We believe we may still uncover more.

Archaeologists now know for sure that the Ichma culture, which ruled the central coast of Peru, had a presence in Lima thanks to the tombs’ discovery.

It ruled the region south of Lima in the Lurin Valley from 1,000AD and later spread north into the Rimac Valley.

Around 1440, it was absorbed into the Inca Empire.

The Wari culture, which emerged around 600 A.D., was known to have utilized the vast temple complexes in the region that is now covered by the capital of Peru.

Archeologists accept Huaca Pucllana was at first constructed, nonetheless, by the Lima culture who lived there in around 200AD.

These “huacas,” or ceremonial complexes, were built before the Spanish arrived in Lima. There are about 350 of them.

The Ichma are credited with building at least 16, including the Huaca San Borja in the San Borja District and the Huaca Huantille in the Magdalena del Mar.

At least nine mummies buried with ceramics and jewelry have been found in the Huaca Huantille.

In a burial chamber, excavations in Pachacamac discovered an additional 80 mummies.

Three Ichma culture skeletons were discovered in 2013 at a nearby location just a few yards from Lima’s national football stadium.

Dr. Flores stated, As a result, this is the first district in the nation to have a history that is more than 1,500 years old.’

Scientists have recently been able to learn more about the ancient mummified remains of people from the Incan civilization and those who came before them thanks to new analysis methods.

In remote parts of the Andes, the mummified remains of children who died around 500 years ago have been found. These children are thought to have been the victims of an ancient ritual sacrifice called capacocha.

Before being taken to the mountains to die in the freezing, dry climate, the children were given drugs.