After 18 years of excavating in San Jose where only female remains have been found, an unexpected male was uncovered among priestesses of the pre-inca society located in Peru. He was found in a double chambered wooden tomb with a copper lattice and a gilded mask, sitting on a raised platform inside of the coffin.This unexpected find may uncover why so far only
female elite bodies have been found even though both men and woman were seen through art work as rulers. Excavation leader Castillo Butters suspects that this mask might have been removed from another coffin because it was similar to another mask that was found. The bottom left is a picture of the unique double chambered tomb in which the elite male was found. He is believed to have ruled along side more famous priestesses and then buried with these women. The tomb is fairly empty which means that items and bodies were most likely removed. The males coffin is found pushed up against the upper right side of the tomb and appears that "the male was not actually the tomb's primary resident," as stated by anthropologist Steve Bourget.
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