The Lady of Cao
Even before the year 1990, researchers had already been excavating Peru’s El Brujo region, but it was only in 2005 when they unearthed a mummy that they named Lady of Cao. She had been in a simple cloth and her death was estimated to have happened around the year 400. Experts have assumed she belonged to the Moche people, who lived thousands of years before the Incas. She was mummified and various artifacts were buried with her, so it is assumed she came from aristocracy.
The Lady of Cao
What The Lady Of Cao Really Looked Like
Not long after the Lady of Cao was discovered, her remains were brought to an El Brujo museum, where she is kept inside a climate-controlled room. She can only be viewed by looking through glass. Though she was brought back to life forensically, it still remains a mystery what her actual role in society was, but she is believed to have died in her late twenties. She was buried with different objects, and might have been a human sacrifice.
What The Lady Of Cao Really Looked Like
