500-year-old statues found in Peru

[Judi Lynn]

500-year-old statues found in Peru
Irish Sun
Wednesday 21st October, 2009
(IANS)

Peruvian archaeologists have found 12 wooden statues more than 500 years old in the archaeological complex of Chan Chan.

Cristobal Campana, director of one of the teams working at Chan Chan, told EFE Tuesday that the statues were discovered at the entrance to the nan An palace, the most modern building on the site.

Chan Chan, located near the southern city of Trujillo, was the capital of the Chimu kingdom, and had in its period of maximum splendour as many as 60,000 inhabitants in an area of 1,400 hectares.

The citadel is made up of palaces, administrative centres and temples in the form of pyramids with decorated walls.

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