An archaeological site that used to be a garbage dump has revealed the extraordinarily preserved mummy of an elite woman from the ancient Caral civilization of Peru. The woman was buried with luxury grave goods and a headdress that distinguished her as a member of the aristocracy. In ancient Peru, those of high rank were buried with both treasures and dignity—so why were the mummified remains of a noblewoman languishing in a garbage dump for decades? She was buried in Aspero, once a scared site in the city of Caral, which rose around 3,000 BC. It only became a dump in the 1960s until it later turned into an archaeological site in the 1990s.