Marvelous Mummies: Inca Mummies

Marvelous Mummies: Inca Mummies book cover — UNWRAPPED MARVELOUS MUMMIES INCA MUMMIES by Joyce Markovics

Marvelous Mummies: Inca Mummies — page 1 — ICE MAIDEN It was September 1995 in Peru Archaeologist Johan Reinhard was exploring Mount Ampato in the Andes Mountains As he neared the top he saw objects scattered on the ground There were shells feathers and a tiny statue Then Johan spotted a cloth-wrapped bundle When he took a closer look he was stunned The Andes Mountains stretch all along the western coast of South America Mount Ampato is 20,700 feet 6,309 meters high 4

Marvelous Mummies: Inca Mummies — page 2 — Johan discovered the small frozen mummy of an Inca girl The cold dry mountain air had preserved the child’s body for 500 years Johan Reinhard on Mount Ampato with the mummy bundle The mummy had been sitting close to the top of the mountain After a landslide it tumbled down the slope 5

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