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It was discovered in 1999 from the 22,000 foot summit of Mount Llullaillaco, a volcano 300 miles west of here, near the Chilean border, their frozen bodies were among the best preserved mummies found than ever before, with internal organs intact, blood still exists in the heartand lungs, skin and facial features mostly unscathed. He did not make a special effort to keep them
The cold and the dry, thin air did all the work. They froze to death as they slept, and 500 years later still looked like sleeping children, not mummies.
Scientists examine a 15-year-old girl who lived in the Inca Empire, then was sacrificed and remained frozen for 500 years
A scientist carefully extracts a hair from the sacrificial victim known as the “Llullaillaco Maiden,” in a labroom that is kept at a constant freezing temperature
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