A joint team of Peruvian and Japanese researchers has made a discovery of the 3,000 years old tomb of an elite religious leader, dubbed the "Priest of Pacopampa" .
The Ministry of Culture made the announcement, detailing that the find unearthed was located in the Chota area of the Cajamarca province in northern Peru.
This site is part of the Pacopampa archaeological project, situated within an archaeological complex from the Formative Period.
The collaborative Pacopampa archaeological project, initiated in 2005, has been a joint effort between a Peruvian university and a Japanese Ethnology museum.
Over the years, this partnership has yielded other significant discoveries, including the tomb of a priest known as the "Priest of the Pututus," located in the same vicinity a year ago.
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