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1,400-Year-Old Elite Infant Burial Found at Moche Temple in Peru

Archaeologists working at Huaca de la Luna on Peru's northern coast have uncovered the grave of an infant buried with more than 30 ceramic vessels and a possible copper mask, offering new evidence of how the Moche treated high-status children in death.

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Archaeologists working at Huaca de la Luna on Peru's northern coast have uncovered the grave of an infant buried with more than 30 ceramic vessels and a possible copper mask, offering new evidence of how the Moche treated high-status children in death.

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