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2 minute readApril 14, 202311:07 PM UTCLast Updated ago

Peruvian archaeologists unearth 500-year-old Inca ceremonial bath

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Ancient ceremonial Inca bathroom discovered, in Huanuco

[1/3] Archaeologists work in the remains of an ancient ceremonial
Inca bathroom, discovered in a sector known as Inkawasi (House of the
Inca), at the archaeological site Huanuco Pampa, in Huanuco, Peru
April 5, 2023. Peru Culture Ministry/Handout via REUTERS

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LIMA, April 14 (Reuters) - Archaeologists in the Peruvian Andes have
discovered an Inca bathing complex built half a millennia ago, which
they believe may have served the elite of the sprawling empire than
once dominated large swathes of South America.

Found near the "House of the Inca" in the Huanuco Pampa
archaeological zone in central Peru, local archaeologists believe
that the bath may have served a religious purpose for high-ranking
members of the Inca empire, which 500 years ago extended from
southern Ecuador to the center of Chile.

Luis Paredes Sanchez, project manager at Huanuco Pampa, said the
structure was similar to "more hierarchical, restricted and sacred
spaces within the Inca administrative centers, because rather than
having a utilitarian or hygienic function, they also served for
religious functions and worshiping ancestors."

The "finely carved" bath averages some two-meters in depth, with
independent pools and spillways and a central passage taking water
into a drainage duct that divides the room into two small platforms,
or "benches" for the Inca, Peru's culture ministry said in a
statement.

The Huanuco Pampa archaeological site is part of the Qhapaq Nan
project, a complex 25,000-kilometer-long road network that linked
Ecuador, Colombia, Peru, Bolivia and Argentina. The road system was
declared a World Heritage Site in 2014.

Peru is home to hundreds of archaeological sites across the country,
including the Machu Picchu citadel in the Inca capital of Cusco, and
the Nasca lines, massive designs drawn in Ica's coastal desert region
over 1,500 years ago.

Reporting by Marco Aquino; Writing by Sarah Morland; Editing by
Aurora Ellis

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