The first ever dog mummies have been exposed in El Algarrobal museum, in Peru’s southern department of Moquegua. The mummies, that date back to the 12th and 13th Centuries, belong to the pre-Columbian Chiribaya culture, whose people occupied an area that extended from the Ilo valley, in Peru’s south, to the northern Chilean valleys of Azapa and Lluta. The museum also features textiles and ceramics.
Some amazing photographs of the dog mummies are shown in the Italian newspaper La Repubblica.
The El Algarrobal district, eastwards from the department’s capital city Ilo, is a lush region, abundant with carob (algarrobo, in Spanish) forests, olive groves, and vineyards. The region is particularly renowned for its superb Pisco.