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(LIP-wb) -- While Peruvians were busy on Sunday waiting in line to submit their vote for the regional and municipal elections, other important news headlines were put on the back burner.

However, one of these headlines that began circling around wasn't swooshed under the rug: the new discovery of golden god-like figures and tombs at the Pomac Forest Historic Sanctuary.

Mercedes Cabanillas, president of Peru's Congress, confirmed the findings but did not give any details, indicating that the person in charge to present this archaeological discovery is Carlos Elera Arevalo, director of the Sicán Museum at Ferreñafe near the city of Chimbote in Northern Peru.

However, Cabanillas did advance that this discovery is important because it would confirm and shed a bigger light on the evolution of the ancient Peruvian Sicán culture.

"First indications are that the find is just as significant as the discovery of the tomb of Señor de Sipán. I cannot say more because I would jeopardize my bias and reservation in the case”, she explained.

President Alan Garcia is scheduled to announce the find in a press conference on Tuesday, November 21st. He will be in charge to present the discovery to the world.

The director of the Sicán Museum, Carlos Elera, advanced that 20 tombs containing immensely valuable artifacts of the Sicán and Lambayeque culture were found.

- related articles -

- The hidden Sican treasures of Peru's Pomac Forest (LIP, Nov. 21, 2006)

- Peruvian archaeologists excavate first 'tumi' knives from pre-Inca tombs (Herald Tribune)

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