This mummy.

PositionNEWS & TRENDS - 'La Doncella' mummy exhibit - Brief article

THIS MUMMY of a 15-year-old girl was recently put on display at the Museum of High Attitude Archaeology in Salta, Argentina. Known as La Doncella ("the maiden"), she was found in 1999 at the summit of Argentina's Mount Llullaillaco. Archaeologists say she is one of three Inca children sacrificed in a religious ritual 500 years ago. They were given maize beer to...

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