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Momia Juanita (Spanish for "Mummy Juanita"), also known as the Lady of Ampato, is the well-preserved frozen body of a girl from the Inca Empire who was killed as a human sacrifice to the Inca gods sometime between 1440 and 1480, when she was approximately 12–15 years old. [1]
The Royal Tombs of Sipán Museum, located in nearby Lambayeque, contains most of the important artifacts found at Huaca Rajada, including the Lord of Sipán and his entourage. Dr. Alva helped found and support construction of the museum, which opened in 2002. The museum was designed to resemble the ancient Moche tombs.
Researchers from Poland and Peru were exploring an archaeological site on the Cerro Colorado hill, on the outskirts of Barranca, when they found the mummies, according to a Dec. 6 post from ...
Detmold Child at the Mummies of the World Exhibition. Detmold child is the name of a mummy found in Peru. The mummy has been identified to be about 6,500 years old, making it one of the oldest preserved mummies ever found. [1] It was named The Detmold child by its owners Lippisches Landesmuseum in Detmold, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. [2]
Archaeologists in Peru have unearthed five mummies believed to be at least 1,000 years old from what was once a sacred ceremonial space that is now in one of the oldest neighbourhoods of modern ...
Archeologists have found a pre-Hispanic mummy surrounded by coca leaves on top of a hill in Peru’s capital next to the practice field of a professional soccer club. A team from The Associated ...
Lagoon of the Mummies is an archaeological site located in the Amazon Andes region, notable for its discovery of well-preserved funeral deposits dating back to ancient times. Each funeral deposit found at the site contains a mummy in a seated position, wrapped in both plain and intricately decorated textiles.
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 ...