Ice maiden of the Andes
By: Janet Buell.
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: Time travelers
Publisher: Twenty-First Century Books
Published: 1997
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 63
Subjects: Incas -- Funeral customs and rites -- Juvenile literature.; Incas -- Religion -- Juvenile literature.; Incas -- Antiquities -- Juvenile literature.; Mummies -- Peru -- Ampato, Mount (Arequipa) -- Juvenile literature.; Excavations (Archaeology) -- Peru -- Ampato, Mount (Arequipa) -- Juvenile literature.; Incas -- Antiquities.; Indians of South America -- Antiquities.; Mummies.; Excavations (Archaeology) -- Peru.; Archaeology.; Ampato, Mount (Arequipa, Peru) -- Antiquities -- Juvenile literature.; Peru -- Antiquities.
Description: Discusses the discovery of the 500-year-old frozen body of a young girl on a mountain top in the Andes and how this discovery has increased our knowledge of the ancient South American civilization of the Incas.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 57-60) and index.