Aconcagua mummy

[1] The mummy is well-preserved, due to the extreme cold and dry conditions of its high altitude burial location.

[1] The Aconcagua mummy was buried inside a semicircular stone structure[3] and found covered in vomit, red pigment, and fecal remains.

Female capacocha mummies were often buried with more honorable and extravagant grave goods, which made the male burial of the Aconcagua distinct.

[4] The analysis shows that in the year and a half before his death, his diet consisted primarily of maize, quinoa, capsicum, potatoes, and terrestrial meat.

Unfortunately, this isotopic analysis yielded little information about the child's ethnicity, so researchers concluded he was likely from Pacific regions ranging from Southern Peru to central Chile.

[7] Many parents felt sorrow when forced to give up their children to the sacrifice, but were forbidden to show grief during the event.

[7] These children faced their demise at the end of a long trek to the summits of the Andes, where they experienced blunt head trauma causing them to die, or they were buried alive.