Since its discovery in the 1920s, the necropolis had been ransacked by grave robbers many times. Fortunately, a law was finally put in place to protect the area in 1997.

This Ancient Cemetery Has Remains Strewn About That Seem Perfectly Preserved

Around 200 A.D., the Chauchilla Cemetery was established in Nazca, Peru.

However, if you were to visit the ancient burial ground, you'd immediately see that it is anything but ordinary. What's special about this place is that although the last person was laid to rest here sometime close to 1,000 A.D., the bodies are amazingly well-preserved.

Since its discovery in the 1920s, the necropolis had been ransacked by grave robbers many times. Fortunately, a law was finally put in place to protect the area in 1997.

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But despite the destruction caused by greedy people, many of the bodies inside the open-pit graves are still in the same positions that they were put into when they died.

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The hot, dry climate of the Sechura Desert is part of the reason why the corpses were mummified.

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The other is that Nazca customs called for the dead to be wrapped in cotton and painted with resin before being "buried."

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Archeologists have found wooden posts at the site that also contributed to the mummification, as they were used to dry the dead bodies.

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The preservation is so extraordinary, in fact, that some of them still have their hair and skin even after being dead for over a thousand years.