La Doncella Info

(The Maiden) is one of the most remarkably preserved mummies ever discovered, a 15-year-old Inca girl frozen for over 500 years. Found in 1999 near the summit of the Llullaillaco volcano on the Argentina-Chile border, she was part of the three "Children of Llullaillaco" sacrificed in a sacred ritual known as capacocha . The Ritual: A Journey to the Divine

Unlike Egyptian mummies, La Doncella was not embalmed; she was naturally "flash-frozen" by the extreme altitude and frigid, arid climate. La Doncella

: She was found in a cross-legged position, wearing a ceremonial tunic and an elaborate feathered headdress, surrounded by gold and silver statues. Where to See Her (The Maiden) is one of the most remarkably

Were Incan mummies sacrificed or ritually buried? - Facebook La Doncella was not embalmed