Incan tomb discovered in Peru

[Still Waters]

Peruvian archaeologists discovered an Incan tomb in the north of the country where an elite member of the pre-Columbian empire was buried, one of the investigators announced Friday.

Archaeologists believe the tomb belonged to a noble Inca based on the presence of "spondylus," a type of sea shell always present in the graves of important figures from the Incan period, which lasted from the 12th to the 16th centuries.

The tomb had been broken into multiple times, possibly in search of treasure. But despite evidence of looting, archaeologists recovered items including vases.

https://phys.org/news/2019-02-archaeologists-incan-tomb-peru.html

[Wistman]

Those magnificent shells are seen in the top left of photo.