Llullaillaco (Spanish pronunciation: [ʎuʎajˈʎako]) is a dormant stratovolcano on the border between Argentina (Salta Province) and Chile (Antofagasta Region)...
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The Children of Llullaillaco (Spanish: [(ɟ)ʝuʝajˈʝako]), also known as the Mummies of Llullaillaco, are three Inca child mummies discovered on 16 March...
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Capacocha (section Llullaillaco)
hemithorax, which entered through her back. While in some cases, as in Llullaillaco, the bodies were deposited in a burial chamber and covered with gravel...
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Llullaillaco National Park is a national park of Chile, 275 km southeast of Antofagasta in the Andes. It lies between the eastern slopes of the Cordillera...
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the highest snow line in the world, near the Tropic of Capricorn on Llullaillaco. There is a widespread maritime tradition of holding ceremonies to mark...
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"The Maiden", one of the Llullaillaco mummies. Inca human sacrifice, Salta province (Argentina)....
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suffocation, as vomit and blood were found on his clothing. In 1999, near Llullaillaco's 6,739 m (22,110 ft) summit, an Argentine-Peruvian expedition found the...
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the world's best preserved mummies at over 22,000 feet (6,739 m) on Llullaillaco, the world’s highest archaeological site. In 1995 and 1999 Time selected...
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Constanza Ceruti (section Children of Llullaillaco)
Bolivia, Ecuador and Peru. Her most important finding are the Children of Llullaillaco, considered the best preserved mummies in the world by the Guinness World...
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highest peaks (such as Ojos del Salado, Monte Pissis, and – debatably – Llullaillaco) have some permanent snow coverage. The southern part of the desert,...
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