When was Juanita the Ice Maiden discovered?

1995
Juanita’s discovery in 1995 captured the world’s attention, making headlines across the Americas, but also in Europe and Asia. The first female mummy to be discovered in the Andes, her body was also well preserved. Unfortunately, sun exposure desiccated the Ice Maiden’s face before Reinhard and Zárate found her.

How was Juanita preserved?

Reinhard was able to recover the mummy. The fact that ice preserved the body makes Juanita a substantial scientific find. All other high-altitude Inca mummies have been completely desiccated—freeze-dried in a way—much like mummies found elsewhere in the world.

What artifacts were found with the Ice Maiden?

Pottery shards, bones from llamas and corn kernels surrounded her. The mummy was from a teenage girl, probably between 12 and 14 years old. Reinhard believed that Inca priests had sacrificed her, probably as part of a ritual to the gods they believed were part of the mountain.

Where is the Ice Maiden now?

For 19 years after her discovery, she was kept mainly at a scientific institute in Novosibirsk, but in September 2012, the mummy was returned to the Altai, where she is kept in a special mausoleum at the Republican National Museum in the capital Gorno-Altaysk.

Where was the Ice Maiden mummy found?

Southern Peru
Discovered atop Ampato Mountain in 1995, in the Andes of Southern Peru, Juanita is in fact not a mummy but a frozen 12 year old Inca girl who was sacrificed to the gods in the 1450s.

How old was the Siberian ice maiden when she died?

between 20 and 30 years old
She was between 20 and 30 years old at the time of her death. The cause of the Ice Maiden’s death was unknown until 2014, when new research suggested breast cancer, combined with injuries sustained in a fall, as likely culprits.

What did the Ice Maiden look like?

The Ice Princess of Siberia She was laid on her side as if she was peacefully sleeping. The woman was young, and her head was shaved though she wore a wig and a tall hat. She was 167cm (5 feet 4 inches) tall, and the tribal tattoos depicting animal forms could still be clearly seen on her pale skin.

How old was the Siberian Ice Maiden when she died?

Where was mummy Juanita found?

stratovolcano Mount Ampato
She was discovered on the dormant stratovolcano Mount Ampato (part of the Andes cordillera in southern Peru) in 1995 by anthropologist Johan Reinhard and his Peruvian climbing partner, Miguel Zárate. She is known as the Lady of Ampato because she was found on top of Mount Ampato.