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La doncella ("The maiden"), the oldest of the three mummies of Inca children discovered in 1999 near Llullaillaco. The Children of Llullaillaco [1] (Spanish: [(ɟ)ʝuʝajˈʝako]), also known as the Mummies of Llullaillaco, are three Inca child mummies discovered on 16 March 1999 by Johan Reinhard and his archaeological team near the summit of Llullaillaco, a 6,739 m (22,110 ft) stratovolcano ...
The Museum of High Altitude Archaeology (Spanish Museo de Arqueología de Alta Montaña; MAAM) is an archaeology museum located in the historical center of Salta, Argentina, which conserves and exhibits collections related to the Capacocha child sacrifice ceremonies performed by the Inca in the high peaks of the Andes, mainly the Children of Llullaillaco mummies discovered in 1999 at the top ...
Llullaillaco is a composite volcano formed mostly by lava flows. It rises about 2.2 km [27]-2.5 km above the surrounding terrain [13] and hundreds of metres above surrounding mountains. [14] The summit of Llullaillaco is formed by a small cone with about four associated lava domes, [34] which reach lengths of 1–3 km and have abrupt walls. [35]
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A total of 13 mouse mummies have been recently discovered in the Andean mountains, at elevations once believed to be too high to host any mammal. Mysterious mouse mummies found in Mars-like ...
Archaeological sites in Argentina (1 C, ... Aconcagua mummy; F. Flags from Macha; L. Children of Llullaillaco; P. Paleoethnobotany of the Mapuche
The possible living face of Peru’s most famous mummy, a teenage Inca girl sacrificed in a ritual more than 500 years ago atop the Andes, was unveiled Tuesday. Produced by a team of Polish and ...