Inca mummy. Mummified hands and head of an Inca mummy. Mummification is a process where tissues are preserved after death by extreme dessication in a dry climate. Parchment-like skin is seen covering the bones. Here,the hair is particularly well preserved. This mummy was excavated from Puruchuco-Huaquerones,a large Inca cemetery on the outskirts of Lima,Peru. The site has been excavated several times since 1999,with many well-preserved mummies being found. The Inca,a pre-Hispanic people from Peru,ruled an extensive empire in the Andean regions of northern South America in the 15th and 16th centuries | |
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Credit: | Science Photo Library / Sorrentino, Pasquale |
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