Ancient Inca-era tomb found below under-construction home in Peru's capital Lima

The citizens of Peru's capital, Lima, were in for a surprise when an ancient Inca-era tomb was found below an under-construction home, archaeologists said on Wednesday

This tomb seems to be over 500 years old, lead archeologist Julio Abanto told Reuters.

The tomb seems to belong to the elites of the Riricancho society.

The Riricancho society had populated present-day Lima before the Inca empire ruled vast areas of western South America in the 1400s, Abanto added.

This burial seems to hold remains, which were wrapped in cloth alongwith ceramics and fine ornaments. It contained “multiple funerary bundles” tightly wrapped in cloth, the archeologist said.

The discovery was made in May during excavation, which started when the building plans for landowner Hipolito Tica’s house triggered a required archeological survey. "It’s amazing. I really have no other words to describe it,” Tica told the outlet.

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