Scientists from Peru and Poland revealed on Tuesday (24) the face of a girl sacrificed more than 500 years ago during the Inca Empire and whose mummified remains were found near a volcano in the Peruvian Andes almost three decades ago.
Using three-dimensional technology, experts reconstructed the face of the girl, believed to be between 14 and 15 years old, and whose frozen body was discovered in 1995 at 6,400 meters above sea level, in the province of Caylloma, in the region of Arequipa, about 1,000 kilometers away south of Lima.
Scientists from the Catholic University of Santa Maria and the University of Warsaw, Poland, revealed the reconstructed face after 20 years of analysis of the skull and body of the mummy, known as the Lady of Ampato or colloquially as Juanita.
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According to research, the girl would have been sacrificed during the Inca Empire, as an offering to the gods to ask them to stop natural disasters such as droughts, floods, volcanic eruptions or plagues.
Experts believe that Juanita, who has a five-centimeter crack in her skull, died from a strong blow to the head, probably with a baton or Inca weapon, while she was kneeling, which caused internal bleeding.
(Produced by Anthony Marina, Carlos Valdez, Enrique Mandujano and Liamar Ramos)
Source: CNN Brasil
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