An incredible discovery by archaeologists: a girl from the Inca tribe, which is more than 500 years old

An incredible discovery by archaeologists: a girl from the Inca tribe, which is more than 500 years old

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A teenage girl of 14-15 years old, who was sacrificed about 500 years ago, all the past centuries lay in the ice on the top of the six-thousandth mountain, which contributed to excellent preservation. Next to it, the frozen bodies of two more young victims were found: a seven-year-old boy and a six-year-old girl.

An incredible discovery by archaeologists: a girl from the Inca tribe, which is more than 500 years old

An incredible discovery by archaeologists: a girl from the Inca tribe, which is more than 500 years old

Instead of the traditional DNA analysis, the researchers examined proteins in the tissues and found that the apparently healthy girl had a bacterial lung infection similar to tuberculosis. For the first time, the infection was detected in a mummy.

An incredible discovery by archaeologists: a girl from the Inca tribe, which is more than 500 years old

A group of researchers from New York University (City University of New York), led by Angelique Corthals (Angelique Corthals), studied samples of the mummy (the so-called Maiden, "Maiden").

An incredible discovery by archaeologists: a girl from the Inca tribe, which is more than 500 years old

The unique mummy was discovered in 1999 on the slope of the Llullaillaco volcano, which rises 6739 meters above sea level on the border of Argentina and Chile.

An incredible discovery by archaeologists: a girl from the Inca tribe, which is more than 500 years old

Three mummies were found, which, unlike the embalmed Egyptian "colleagues", were subjected to deep freezing. The body of a seven-year-old boy was also studied, but scientists have not yet decided to examine the remains of a six-year-old girl. It is likely that it was once struck by lightning, which may affect the accuracy of the results of the study.

An incredible discovery by archaeologists: a girl from the Inca tribe, which is more than 500 years old

Most likely, three children were sacrificed, as evidenced by the artifacts located next to them: gold, silver, clothes, bowls of food and an extravagant headdress made of white feathers of unknown birds.

An incredible discovery by archaeologists: a girl from the Inca tribe, which is more than 500 years old

Historians suggest that children were chosen by the Incas for their beauty (in addition, children were considered more pure beings than adults). The Incas did not often sacrifice children.

In the course of previous studies, it was found that before sacrificing children, for a year they were fed "elite" products — maize and dried llama meat, although before that they ate exclusively peasant food consisting of potatoes and vegetables.

Keywords: Science | History | Mummy | Archaeology | Discovery | Scientists | Incas

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