The delivery man was carrying an 800-year-old mummy in his backpack

Peruvian authorities reported the discovery earlier this week prehispanic mummy, between 600 and 800 years old, in the backpack of a delivery man from a “delivery” company (home delivery) in the Puno region of Peru, near Bolivia.

In a statement, the Ministry of Culture specified that the remains, classified as a national cultural asset, were identified as a mummified adult male probably from the eastern area of ​​Puno.

Sources from that office described it to EFE the person would be over 45 years old and approximately 1.51 meters tall, according to preliminary investigations.

The discovery, according to local media, happened last Saturday at a viewpoint in Pune, where some police officers carried out their usual patrol and found three men consuming alcoholic beverages, one of whom had a “delivery” box from the company “Pedidos Več”.

It contained human remains in the fetal position and soft tissues with characteristics matching a mummy, which the Ministry of Culture and the Ministry of Culture were informed about.

For his part, the delivery man claimed that he kept the mummy in his parents’ house and that he brought it out so that his friends in the neighborhood could see it, reports El Comercio newspaper.

After the discovery, the Ministry of Culture immediately ordered preservation of remains “for the purpose of protection and preservation of heritage”.

Now the competent services are taking the necessary steps for the physical and legal protection of the mummy, which is considered the cultural heritage of that Andean country.

Considering these facts, the portfolio invited the population to “actively cooperate in the defense and protection” of cultural heritage and communicate any similar findings to the competent authorities.

The fact went around the world because of the unusual behavior of the delivery man who happily walked with the mummy