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The Ice Maiden

by Johan Reinhard · June 1, 2005

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National Geographic explorer Johan Reinhard chronicles his high-altitude archaeological adventures in the Andes, focusing on the 1995 discovery of the Incan Ice Maiden, sacrificed five hundred years earlier, and the 1999 find of three Inca children on Llullaillaco, frozen in a state of near perfection.

AusgrabungMumieIncasIce mummiesAntiquitiesRites and ceremoniesFouilles (Archeologie)Inca Ice Maiden (Ice mummy)GeschichteMomies des glacesAntiquitesExcavations (Archaeology)