Inca Mummy
by Pasquale Sorrentino/science Photo Library
Title
Inca Mummy
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Pasquale Sorrentino/science Photo Library
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Photograph - Photograph
Description
Inca mummy. Mummified hand and head. Mummification is a process where tissues are preserved after death by extreme dessication in a dry climate. Parchment-like skin is seen covering the bones. Here, the hair is particularly well preserved. This mummy was found in Puruchuco-Huaquerones, a large Inca cemetery on the outskirts of Lima, Peru. The site has been excavated several times since 1999, with many well-preserved mummies being found. The Inca, a pre-Hispanic people from Peru, ruled an extensive empire in the Andean regions of northern South America in the 15th and 16th centuries.
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September 13th, 2018
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