Contains archaeological pieces. The oldest Mummies in the world (7000 BC), skulls, tools, clothe, etc. There us an old olive oil mill located in the middle of the museum.
Contrary the iced mummy Juanita the well-preserved frozen body of an Incan girl who was killed as an offering to the Inca gods sometime between 1450 and 1480, these mummies were ancestors dressed up paraded in religious celebrations and stored in the household.
Juanita was discovered on Mount Ampato (part of the Andes cordillera) in southern Peru in 1995 by anthropologist after the volcano irruption 500 yrs after she was scarified for her people to calm down the volcano. What amazed me most was she and priest could hike that high and far to the volcano peak with no hiking boots and all the high-tech equipment. You can Wikipedia the photos of Juanita. It was not allowed to take her photos on the museum.
I took a shared taxi to the museum, yet found a ride with a group of chilean police academy students back to town. We took a group photo.
Contrary the iced mummy Juanita the well-preserved frozen body of an Incan girl who was killed as an offering to the Inca gods sometime between 1450 and 1480, these mummies were ancestors dressed up paraded in religious celebrations and stored in the household.
Juanita was discovered on Mount Ampato (part of the Andes cordillera) in southern Peru in 1995 by anthropologist after the volcano irruption 500 yrs after she was scarified for her people to calm down the volcano. What amazed me most was she and priest could hike that high and far to the volcano peak with no hiking boots and all the high-tech equipment. You can Wikipedia the photos of Juanita. It was not allowed to take her photos on the museum.
I took a shared taxi to the museum, yet found a ride with a group of chilean police academy students back to town. We took a group photo.
Great! Great tour!
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