Laguna de las Momias

Laguna de las Momias (Lagoon of the Mummies), also known as Laguna de los Cóndores (Lagoon of the Condors) is an archaeological site located in Leimebamba, Chachapoyas province, in the Amazonas Region of Peru, excavated by the archaeologist Federico Kauffmann Doig [1]. Each funeral deposit contains a mummy in a seated position, wrapped in both flat and decorated textiles [1]. When excavating the Lagoon of the Mummies, there were six mausoleums found, each consisting of cube-shaped enclosures next to each other in a row [1]. The tombs were housed in caves with paintings on the walls related to the mausoleums and containing indecipherable symbols [1]. The enclosures were built with only three walls, the fourth being the rock wall [1]. In the tombs were various cultural objects, such as pottery, textiles, wood carvings the size of statues, clothing, silver, personal ornaments [1]. The mausoleums of the Lagoon of the Mummies were replete with funeral deposits, approximately two hundred; high-ranking individuals were buried there [1].