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09/09/07

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Categories: History In The News, Religion and Spirituality, Museums And Historic Sites, Central & South American History, The Ancient World

Mummy Maiden Stirs Controversy

"La Doncella"

She was a 15-year-old girl whose remains were found in 1999 in an icy pit on Llullaillaco volcano. For the first time her mummy was put on display in an Argentina museum.

People were apparently quite shocked at how well La Doncella's mummy is preserved, and some even publicly denounced the display stating she should be reburied.

La Doncella was sacrificed along with two other children by the Incans around 1500 AD.

CNN reports on the display here.

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