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Reuters' Pictures of 2006
Last Updated(Beijing Time):2006-12-19 10:26

PICTURES OF THE YEAR 2006 Photo shows the tattooed hand of a mummy from the ancient Peruvian Moche culture that was discovered at pyramid Huaca Cao Viejo, located at a ceremonial site called El Brujo (the Wizard) in Trujillo, May 12, 2006. The elaborately wrapped mummy,a young woman who died in her late 20s and believed to have been a member of the Moche elite, is dated to around A.D. 450, according to Peruvian archaeologists. The site of Huaca Cao Viejo was opened for visitors after the Wiese Foundation/INC restored and covered the site. [Reuters]

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