Peru: Utility Workers Digging Trenches Stumble Upon 1,000-year-old Mummy

Utility workers recently came across a millennia-old mummy that predates the Inca Empire.

The groundsmen were excavating trenches in the Peruvian capital of Lima earlier in June when they came across the remains.

The well-preserved female mummy dates back 1,000 years, experts said — and was found just 20 inches below the ground. 

The Inca Empire lasted from around 1400 to 1533 A.D. — so the individual died some 400 years before the rise of the Incans.

Pictures of the remains show the skeleton in an upright position, still retaining dark brown hair.