The climate preserved their bodies until they were found some 500 years later…
From the source (Archive version without the paywall here!):
Now the bodies of 13-year-old Llullaillaco Maiden and her younger companions Llullaillaco Boy and Lightning Girl have revealed that mind-altering substances played a part in their deaths and during the year-long series of ceremonial processes that prepared them for their final hours.
It’s not perfectly clear whether they were left to die or killed and left. The girls were mostly undisturbed but the boy showed some evidence of possible strangulation. From this source :
By contrast, the Llullaillaco Boy had blood on his cloak, a nit infestation in his hair and a cloth binding his body, suggesting he may have died of suffocation. The Lightning Girl didn’t appear to be treated as roughly as the boy, though she didn’t receive the same care as the Maiden — she lacked, for example, the Maiden’s decorated headdress and braids.
These mummies are among several Inca children which have been found on mountain tops in the Andes.
They were sacrificed in a ritual called Capacocha which was described by the conquistadors. For many years, this ritual was thought to have been exaggerated or made up completely by the conquistadors to smear the Inca memory, but when the first mummified children were found it was realised that this was indeed true.
Meanwhile, this guy was arrested for keeping a 800-year-old mummy as his ‘spiritual girlfriend’…
The delivery man caught police’s attention for acting drunk at an archaeological site in Puno, Peru.
Inside his cooler bag was an ancient mummy, he had nicknamed Juanita. He told the police he had put the remains in the bag to show them off to his friends…
The man later explained that he had been keeping the bandaged mummy, in a box in his room, next to the TV, and considered Juanita “a kind of spiritual girlfriend”.
You can’t make stuff weirder than reality…
🎁 Curiosity Fuel: Strange Picks of the Day
🏺 DIY Mummy Kit (No Human Sacrifice Required) – A Halloween prop set with aged linen wraps, fake relics, and a “tomb dust” pouch for the ultimate cursed corner in your living room. Archaeology not included…
🥤 Adventure Survival Flask – Keeps your tea hot, your chicha cold, and your expedition stories slightly exaggerated. Doubles as an emergency “offer to the mountain gods” container…
💇♀️ Nit Comb of the Ancients – For when your scalp itches and you suspect your problems date back a few centuries. Stainless steel teeth, no coca leaves included…
💡 Lightning Lamp – A thunderbolt-filled plasma globe that casts an eerie glow — perfect for invoking the gods… or just playing sorcerer before sacrificial rituals in bed…
🛕 Spiritual Girlfriend Shrine Set – Tiny altar kit with incense, votive candles, and a faux-gilded picture frame. Guaranteed to make visitors ask uncomfortable questions…
🎶 Capacocha Ceremony Playlist – A curated set of haunting panpipe and drum tracks to create the perfect soundtrack for your next totally legal and consensual ritual gathering…
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