Extreme microbes found at mummy burial site
Wednesday, June 20, 2012 - 17:00
in Paleontology & Archaeology
About 500 years ago a group of Incas marched hundreds of miles through the treacherous Andes Mountains to the top of a distant volcano, where they buried three children alive as part of a religious ceremony. In 1999, an expedition led by explorer Johan Reinhard unearthed the mummies atop Argentina's Mount Llullaillaco, finding that they were among the best preserved mummies ever discovered, with largely unscathed skin and facial features.