Where was the 500 year old mummy found?
Where was the 500 year old mummy found? The site where the mummies were found has been described as the world's highest archaeological site. Llullaillaco is in the Atacama Desert, the driest non-polar desert on Earth. The extreme dryness of the air is a major reason for the excellent preservation of the mummies for 500 years.
Who was the first mummy?
Before this discovery, the oldest known deliberate mummy was a child, one of the Chinchorro mummies found in the Camarones Valley, Chile, which dates around 5050 BC. The oldest known naturally mummified human corpse is a severed head dated as 6,000 years old, found in 1936 AD at the site named Inca Cueva No.
When was the last mummy found?
In January 2023, a group of archaeologists excavating tombs in the ancient necropolis of Saqqara, near Cairo, discovered the mummified remains of a man named Hekashepes, who lived circa 2300BC.