A mummy, known as the “Untouchable,” was discovered nearly a century ago in the Valley of the Kings region of the ancient city of Luxor. Renowned Egyptologist Howard Carter made the discovery ...

Very little is known about Capacocha, the sacred Inca ceremony of human sacrifice, but with each new archaeological discovery of a sacrificial mummy, more is revealed. The earliest and only known ...

When the Inca sacrificed children on mountain summits 500 years ago in the capacocha ritual ... to build a museum for the recent Inca mummy finds (like Juanita and Sarita) and the artefacts.

High-altitude landscapes had various spiritual significance for many cultures as they served as a location of reverence.