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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.
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 · Over 500 years ago, a teenage Inca girl died during a ritual sacrifice high in the Andes Mountains in present-day Peru. Now, an artist has created a reconstruction of what the so-called “Inca Ice...
Sep 7, 2017 · Radiologist Elliot Fishman would discover that Juanita’s death was brought about by a massive hemorrhage from a club blow to the head. Fishman concluded that her injuries were “typical of someone who has been hit by a baseball bat.”
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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.
Nov 3, 2023 · More than 500 years ago, an Incan girl was killed as part of a sacrificial ritual at a mountain summit in Peru. Her frozen mummified remains were discovered in 1995 by archaeologists, who named her...
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Mar 31, 2024 · She just got a new face. The mummified remains of the Ice Maiden of Ampato—a child sacrifice victim—were stunningly preserved. Now, archaeology and science have restored her gaze. The 15-year ...
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