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A garbage dump has revealed secrets of the past.
一个垃圾场，揭开了远古的秘密。
Students from San Marcos University along with local archaeologists found a mummified man near the Peruvian capital of Lima.
近日，在秘鲁首都利马附近，圣马科斯大学的学生和当地考古学家发现了一具木乃伊。
Researchers say a skull wrapped in cotton was found first,
研究人员称，最先发现的是一颗裹着棉制品的头骨，
and further excavations at the Huaca La Florida archaeological site revealed the rest of the mummy.
之后，在Huaca La Florida考古遗址的进一步挖掘过程中，发现了这具木乃伊的其余部分。
"We have discovered a pre-Hispanic burial with a mummy."
“我们发现了一具前西班牙裔的木乃伊。”
Archaeologist Miguel Aguilar says the person likely had been offered up as a human sacrifice
考古学家米格尔·阿吉拉尔表示，这具木乃伊可能是作为人祭献上的，
during the last phase of construction of the temple that used to stand on this site.
时间大约是曾经矗立在这个地方的一座寺庙的建设的最后阶段。
Experts estimate the mummy dates back 3,000 years.
专家估计这具木乃伊可以追溯到3000年前。
"It probably belongs to the Manchay culture. It is a culture that developed in the valleys of Lima between 1,500 and 1,000 BCE."
“它可能来自曼查伊文化时期。曼查伊文化是公元前1500年至公元前1000年在利马山谷地区发展形成的文化。”
Mummification was practiced by many of the indigenous people of Peru, prior to Spanish colonization.
在西班牙殖民之前，秘鲁的许多土著民都有制作木乃伊的习俗。
