The mummy is kept in a chamber that pumps chilled ... several months in 1999 to retrieve the mummified remains of young Inca children.

He has delicate fingers and hugs his knees, one foot over the other, as if to keep warm. His hair is plaited in more than 200 braids, and miniature idols and keepsakes accompany him in his frozen ...

Infants, children and adults of both sexes were mummified ... tradition of preserving the dead was still intact. Most Inca mummies were arranged in the familiar fetal position and were either ...

dating back to 1250 A.D. The researchers examined around 100 mummies from the civilisation that flourished before the Inca Empire and the arrival of Europeans. Researchers reveal fine details in ...

"We were afraid we might wake this mummy up," he said ... explained that Spanish chronicles suggest children were sacrificed by the Incas during significant events, such as wars, natural disasters ...