Dead for 500 years, this Inca sacrificial mummy found on Chile's El Plomo Peak ... Truly auspicious events, such as the death of an emperor, prompted human sacrifices, perhaps to provide an ...

The mummy is kept in a chamber that pumps chilled ... elevation ever discovered for sacrificial victims of the former Inca Empire, which ran along the Andes present-day northern Argentina to ...

Each royal mummy was dressed in his finery and carried ... The great plaza of Cusco was the political center of the Inca Empire. The Saphy River divided it into two sacred spaces, with the ...

From the chronicles and from each new discovery of a mummy, the pieces of this great ... or after the death of an Inca Emperor. According to archaeologist Juan Schobinger, "Inca sacrifices often ...

Recalling the excavation in the Smithsonian Channel documentary, Mummies Alive: The Inca Maiden, Dr Reinhard described the chilling moment when the mummy was unearthed, with the textiles ...

Archaeologists at a funerary structure east of Lima have filmed this footage of a mummy, which could be up to 1,200 years old. Watch this video to see the underground structure where the mummy was ...

Highly detailed tattoos on Peruvian mummies were made with “special ... later absorbed by the Inca Empire”, researchers note in a study published in the journal PNAS on Monday.

Three mummies of sacrificial victims discovered ... During the last days of the Inca Empire, a relaxation of restrictions on coca consumption began. Some researchers argue that this change could ...

A new study is looking into the mystery of how 5,000 year-old-mummies were tattoed. Researchers are using lasers to uncover highly intricate designs of ancient tattoos on the mummies from Peru.

Archaeologists at a funerary structure east of Lima have filmed this footage of a mummy, which could be up to 1,200 years old. Watch this video to see the underground structure where the mummy was ...