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Preserved mummies in a tomb at the Chauchilla Cemetery near Nazca, Peru Royalty Free Stock Photo

Nazca mummies at Chauchilla Cemetery, Nazca, Peru Royalty Free Stock Photo

Nazca mummies at Chauchilla Cemetery, Nazca, Peru

Chauchilla Cemetery is a cemetery that contains prehispanic mummified human remains and archeological artifacts, located 30 kilometres 19 mi south of the city of Nazca in Peru. The cemetery was discovered in the 1920s, but had not been used since the 9th century AD. The cemetery includes many important burials over a period of 600 to 700 years. The start of the interments was in about 200 AD. It is important as a source of archaeology to Nazca culture.