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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.
Nov 3, 2023 · Oscar Nilsson spent 400 hours on his 3D reconstruction of the Ice Maiden, a 500-year-old mummy of a young Inca Woman found in the Peruvian Andes 28 years ago.
Researchers have suggested that Mummy Juanita was a victim of an important Incan sacrificial rite known as Capacocha (Capac Cocha), which has sometimes been translated as ‘royal obligation’. Scientific analyses of Momia Juanita have also revealed various interesting details about her life and death.
Oct 27, 2023 · Juanita, a 15-year-old Inca girl who died 500 years ago in a ritual sacrifice on a Peruvian volcano, has a new face thanks to an artist's reconstruction. See how she looked like when she was alive and learn more about her life and death.
Sep 7, 2017 · The must-see attraction for visitors to Museo Santuarios Andinos (Museum of Andean Sanctuaries) in Arequipa, Peru is without a doubt the Mummy Juanita, one of the world’s best-preserved corpses. Her full head of dark hair is still intact and the skin on her hands and arms, discoloration aside, shows almost no decay.
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Mar 31, 2024 · When National Geographic Explorer Johan Reinhard encountered the mummy, also known as Juanita, atop 20,700-foot Mount Ampato during a 1995 expedition, he knew almost immediately that he had...
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Oct 25, 2023 · The mummy, known as "Juanita" or the "Inca Ice Maiden", was an Inca girl who is thought to have been sacrificed in a ritual more than 500 years ago. Scientists...
