{"id":43836,"date":"2023-10-25T16:59:28","date_gmt":"2023-10-25T16:59:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/histarmar.net\/?p=43836"},"modified":"2023-10-25T16:59:28","modified_gmt":"2023-10-25T16:59:28","slug":"face-of-perus-most-famous-mummy-reconstructed-500-years-after-she-was-sacrificed-to-appease-incan-gods-the-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/histarmar.net\/world-news\/face-of-perus-most-famous-mummy-reconstructed-500-years-after-she-was-sacrificed-to-appease-incan-gods-the-sun\/","title":{"rendered":"Face of Peru's most famous mummy reconstructed 500 years after she was 'sacrificed to appease Incan gods' | The Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"

THE face of Peru's most famous mummy has been revealed in a 3D reconstruction more than 500 years after her death. <\/p>\n

The teen girl was likely sacrificed to 'appease' Incan gods atop an icy peak in the Andes half a millennium ago. <\/p>\n


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The girl, dubbed 'Juanita' and the 'Inca Ice Maiden' after the discovery of her preserved body, has been recreated into a life-like silicone bust.<\/p>\n

According to anthropological studies, Juanita was sacrificed between 1440 and 1450 A.D., when she was between 13 and 15 years old. <\/p>\n

A CT scan has also confirmed that the probable cause of death was a severe blow to the head, according to researchers at Johns Hopkins University.<\/p>\n

A team of Polish and Peruvian scientists worked with a Swedish sculptor specialising in facial reconstructions to create the bust. <\/p>\n

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The reconstruction was unveiled at the Andean Sanctuaries Museum of the Catholic University of Santa Maria in Arequipa on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

\u201cI thought I\u2019d never know what her face looked like when she was alive,\u201d said Johan Reinhard, the US anthropologist who found the mummy in 1995.<\/p>\n

Reinhard found Juanita on the snow-capped Ampato volcano at a dizzying altitude of more than 6,000 metres. <\/p>\n

"Now 28 years later, this has become a reality thanks to Oscar Nilsson's reconstruction," he added.<\/p>\n

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Reinhard has uncovered more than 14 Inca human sacrifices high in the Andes. <\/p>\n

It was a common practice among ancient Incan civilisations. <\/p>\n

In 2018, archaeologists uncovered more than 140 children near modern-day Trujillo, who were sacrificed about 550 years ago. <\/p>\n

Researchers believe it is perhaps the largest single mass child sacrifice event in human history.<\/p>\n

The model of Juanita's face is the culmination of "about 400 hours of work", Nilsson, the sculptor behind the project, told The Associated Press (AP). <\/p>\n

Researchers, alongside Nilsson, first obtained a replica of the skull to create the reconstruction. <\/p>\n

They then used additional body scans, DNA studies, ethnological characteristics, age and complexion to bring the model to life. <\/p>\n

"These findings have helped us better understand her life and the Inca culture," said Reinhard.<\/p>\n

"Now we can see what she really looked like, which makes her even more alive."<\/p>\n

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