In a study published in the journal PNAS this week, researchers analyzed the hair samples of three famous Incan child mummies — the Maiden (image above), Llullaillaco Boy and Lightning Girl ...

Previgliano made more 500 CT scans of the mummies after an archaeological expedition discovered them at Volcán Llullaillaco in northwestern Argentina in 1999. "We didn't see them when we did the ...

Three child mummies were discovered on the summit of the Llullaillaco volcano located on the Argentina-Chile border. The summit is 22,100 feet (6,739 meters) above sea level, where temperatures ...

Found at the summit of the Llullaillaco volcano on the Argentina-Chile border, these three unfortunate children were made into mummies by the elements after they became a human sacrifice.

Pictured in these outlets is one of three Children, or Mummies, of Llullaillaco, a trio of individuals entombed in Argentina during the Incan Empire a half-millennia ago. They were left there as ...

Many of the Inca mummies discovered high on Andean mountaintops were preserved by freeze-drying, too. The exceptionally well-preserved Maiden of Llullaillaco, the mummy of a teenage Inca girl left ...

Archaeologists investigated the frozen Incan mummies of three children who were discovered in 1999. They were entombed in a shrine near the top of an Argentinian volcano, Llullaillaco, 6,739 ...

In 2020, a living mouse was recorded at the summit of Llullaillaco ... Freeze-dried mouse mummies While the conditions are not ideal for living creatures, they create perfect conditions for ...