Researchers recreated the face of an Inca girl who was believed to have been sacrificed atop a volcano more than 500 years ago.
AdvertisementAdvertisementArcheologists have recreated the possible face of Peru's famous mummy — a teenage girl believed to have been sacrificed in an Inca ritual to the gods more than 500 years ago in the Andes.
"I thought I'd never know what her face looked like when she was alive," Reinhard told The Associated Press.
Oscar Nilsson, the Swedish archeologist and sculptor, told The AP he spent about 400 hours of work on modeling Juanita's face.
AdvertisementAdvertisementAnthropological studies put Juanita's likely age between 13 and 15 years old when she died sometime between 1440 and 1450 AD.
Persons:
—, Ampato, Juanita, Johan Reinhard, Miguel Zárate, I'd, Reinhard, Oscar Nilsson, Dagmara, Juanita's
Organizations:
Service, Associated Press, Sanctuaries, Catholic University of Santa, AP, University of Warsaw's Center, Andean Studies, Johns Hopkins University, BBC, Penn Museum's Expedition
Locations:
Swedish, Peru, Catholic University of Santa Maria, Arequipa, Polish