Tour Operator Peru - Juanita Mummy, Arequipa - Peru

http://www.fertur-travel.com/arequipa_tours.html<br />Andean Sanctuaries Museum in Arequipas Catholic University Santa Maria<br />The depository for the preservation and exhibition of objects and mummies found atop the volcanoes that surround the city.<br />These mummies were offered to Apu deities as an appeal for bountiful seasonal harvests and to prevent volcanic eruptions.<br /><br />Most of those ritually sacrificed were children and adolescents.<br />The most famous of the mummies is the Lady of Ampato, a girl who was between 12 and 14 years old, found buried in the ice atop Mount Ampato.<br />Also known as the Ice Queen or Juanita, mummy died sometime between 1440 and 1450.<br /><br />She was found in 1995 by anthropologist Johan Reinhard and his Peruvian climbing partner Miguel Zarate.<br />Remarkably well-preserved after 500 years, Juanita was subject to biological tests on her lungs, liver, and muscle tissue.