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Another of her nicknames, Ice Maiden, derives from the cold conditions and freezing temperatures that preserved her body on Mount Ampato. [ citation needed ] Juanita has been on display in the Catholic University of Santa María 's Museum of Andean Sanctuaries (Museo Santuarios Andinos) in Arequipa, Peru almost continuously since 1996, and was ...
Archaeologists have reconstructed the face of Juanita, a young Inca woman who was sacrificed and buried in the peaks of the Andes 500 years ago.
Juanita the Ice Maiden: Peru 500 [citation needed] 16111T, 16223T, 16290T, 16319A [22] A [citation needed] 500-year-old Inca child Argentina 500 [23] C1b [23] DNA tests
He directed teams that recovered four Inca human sacrifices on Ampato (20,708 ft) in southern Peru, including the Mummy Juanita (the "Ice Maiden"). [ 5 ] His expeditions in the Andes during 1996–1999 led to the discovery of fourteen more Inca human sacrifices on five mountains above 18,000 ft.
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Mummy Juanita. The mummy "Juanita" of Peru, also called the "Ice Maiden", has been shown to belong to mitochondrial haplogroup A. [10] [11]
This week, see the face of the 500-year-old “Ice Maiden,” uncover the unlikely secret of starfish, spy glowing cosmic clouds, and more.