Ancient burial ground and a big mystery

We visited the burial grounds of the pre Inca people at Chauchilla. Here the dead were arranged in personal tombs often in a " family" line. The tombs were about two metres wide and a line was divided using stone walls. They were about two metres deep in the sand and covered with a wooden roof and sand. The bodies were arranged in a fetal sitting position and wrapped in layers of cotton. Before being mummified and entombed the bodies were sun dried.
They were buried with treasured possessions or tools of trade to help in the next life.

Most have been dessecrated by graverobbers but if left undisturbed the super dry and dark location preserved them.

A mystery
To solve a mystery Clare and I took to the air.


 These photos are from about 1000m and show pictures made in the desert sands. These are animals, shapes and even a " spaceman"
The "Nazcar Lines are 30 to 100 m in size and only visible from the air.
They are date from 500BC to 500AD.
We came, we saw, but we did not solve.
One new mystery
Two people went up in the air but only one came back.
The Manning family has a new member a quivering, sweat drenched jellyfish.


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