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Rare burial of elite toddler from pre-Inca culture found in Peru
The tomb sits inside a mausoleum at the Huaca de la Luna temple, and held thirty-two ceramic objects; the only child of more than eighty burials there to get one.

At a glance
- First reported by Live Science: “Rare burial of elite toddler from pre-Inca culture discovered in Peru”.
- Covered on BBN on Tuesday, October 27, 2026, at 4:54 AM ET on Finally, Some Good News, by Chip Darnell and Kenji Moonfield.
- BBN covered this story before: Obama mocks White House renovations; Peru toddler burial found (October 26).
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What BBN said about it

Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorArchaeologists in northern Peru have found the fifteen-hundred-year-old burial of a toddler from the Moche culture, and I have to say, it's a beautiful one.

Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentThe child was at most two years old, and the tomb was big enough to hold an adult.

Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentThat's what the project director, Carlos Rengifo-Chunga, said.

Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorA whole room for the smallest person in it. I'm sorry, I'm fine, there's something in my eye.

Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentThere were thirty-two ceramic pieces in there, plus a copper mask-like disk over the face.

Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentOf more than eighty burials at that platform, it's the only child who got this.

Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorOnly one! Out of eighty!

Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentGood news rating: the warmest tomb on record.

Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentAnd the grave goods are a lot to ask of a kid, but this one finally got a room all to himself, and nobody was going to wake him up for a nap.
The story so far
- Obama mocks White House renovations; Peru toddler burial found · News24
- Rare burial of elite toddler from pre-Inca culture found in Peru (this story)
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