An edition of The Ice Maiden (2005)
The Ice Maiden
Inca Mummies, Mountain Gods, and Sacred Sites in the Andes
By Johan Reinhard
Publish Date
June 1, 2005
Publisher
National Geographic
Language
eng
Pages
400
Description:
National Geographic explorer Johan Reinhard chronicles his high-altitude archaeological adventures in the Andes, focusing on the 1995 discovery of the Incan Ice Maiden, sacrificed five hundred years earlier, and the 1999 find of three Inca children on Llullaillaco, frozen in a state of near perfection.
subjects: Ausgrabung, Mumie, Incas, Ice mummies, Antiquities, Rites and ceremonies, Fouilles (Archeologie), Inca Ice Maiden (Ice mummy), Geschichte, Momies des glaces, Antiquites, Excavations (Archaeology), Juanita (Momie des glaces), Rites et ceremonies, Mummies, Andes, Andes region, Excavations (archaeology), south america, History, Archaeology, Methodology