Discovering The Inca Ice Maiden - Hardcover

Johan Reinhard

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0792271424 ISBN 13: 9780792271420

Publisher: National Geographic Kids, 1998

Synopsis

An anthropologist's tale of his discovery of the five-hundred-year-old frozen Inca teenage woman on the Ampato volcano outlines the journey surrounding the historic finding and what her mummy tells us about ancient Inca culture.

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From Kirkus Reviews:

Readers will be drawn to the story of the 1995 discovery of a female mummy of a girl who was only 14 when she died (probably in a sacrifice). Reinhard shares his experiences climbing the Peruvian volcano, Ampato, where he and his assistant Miguel Zrate discovered the so-called ``Ice Maiden'' who lived 530 years ago; with great difficulty, they removed the relics that the eroding gravel had exposed. The discovery of two other mummies, as well as the painstaking efforts of scientists to collect information about the ice maiden, are covered in clear text and accompanied by intriguing full-color photographs; these portray the treasures culled from the frozen, stony mountain, including a child's small straw sandal, finely woven textiles, and gold and silver dolls. This book takes armchair adventurers and archaeological enthusiasts not only to the excavation, but back through Peruvian history. (chronology, glossary, index) (Nonfiction. 9-11) -- Copyright ©1998, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.

About this edition

• Publisher: National Geographic Kids
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0792271424
• ISBN 13: 9780792271420
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 48