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#97698. jk18
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How did Mummy Juanita ("Ice Maiden") die?
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In September 1995, Dr Johan Reinhard, an archaeologist on a high-altitude climbing expedition, came across the first of four ice mummies near the summit of Mount Ampato, in the Arequipa region of the Peruvian Andes. The Ampato ice mummy – who became known as Juanita – was a teenage girl, who had been killed by a single, powerful blow to the head some five centuries earlier. Archaeologists believe that she was sacrificed in an Inca ritual, known as 'capacocha', to appease the mountain gods. Two more ice mummies, a young girl and boy, were discovered in an archaeological expedition led by Reinhard the following year, while a fourth body, the skeleton of a woman, was discovered two years after that.
 http://www.channel4.com/history/microsites/B/bodies/ttimeline.html
Jul 19 08, 5:30 PM
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