The Ice Maiden
Subtitle: Inca Mummies, Mountain Gods, and Sacred Sites in the Andes
Publisher: National Geographic
Published: June 1, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 400
ISBN-13: 9780792268383
Subjects: Native American Archaeology; Sociology; General; Social Science; Archaeology / Anthropology; Religion; Incas; Anthropology - Cultural; Archaeology; Social Science / Archaeology; Ampato, Mount (Arequipa); Antiquities; Ice mummies; Inca Ice Maiden (Ice mummy); Peru
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.