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=ICE MAIDEN-MUMMY JUANITA =

=Hello everybody and welcome to the frozen in time: Human remains from the dawn of history online exhibit ! = =Below you will learn about the Ice maiden and here we have little introduction [|Video] =

= = =Momia Juanita Which is Spanish for mummy Juanita or who is also known as the Inca Ice Maiden and Lady of Ampato was an Incan girl, she is a well-preserved frozen body that was killed as an offering to the Inca gods between 1450 and 1480 she was around the age of 11-15.Her body was discovered in 1995 on mount Ampato in southern Peru by anthropologist Johan Reinhard and his Peruvian climbing partner, Miguel Zárate.= = =
 * What is the ice maiden also known as. ||
 * A.) Miguel Zarate ||
 * B.) Mummy Juanita ||
 * C.)Johan Reinhard ||

Site of discovery and the events of finding the ice maiden
=Reinhard and Zárate were climbing Mt.Ampato In September 1995, came across a bundle inside the crater that had fallen from an Inca site on the summit what caught there eye was a feathered Inca head dress. Nevado Sabancaya a nearby volcano erupted. The hot ash and heat of the eruption had caused Ampato’s snowcap to melt. To their amazement, the bundle turned out to be a frozen body of a young girl.The mummy was found in the fetal position and was wrapped in colourful material made from llama wool.They found items that had been left as offerings to the Inca gods scattered about the mountain slope down which the body had fallen. Some items found were statues pottery shards, llama bones, corn kernals and food.= =The body and the items were later transported to Arequipa, where the body was initially kept in a special refrigerator at Catholic University. Later at the same site two more ice mummies were found, a young girl and a boy, these were found due to Dr.Reinhard leading an archaeological expedition the following year.= = =


 * What year was the ice maiden discovered ? ||
 * a)1450 ||
 * b)1480 ||
 * c) 1995 ||

=**Forensic analysis to determine cause and context of death** = ==The Ice Maiden was a human sacrifice, Elliot fishman was the radiologist who observed the body she had a cracked right eye socket and a two-inch fracture in her skull. This cause a massive haemorrhage allowing her skull to fil with blood causing her brain to push to one side, concluding that she was killed by blunt head trauma. fishman stated that her bones were in good condtion, she had good muscle mass and healthy teeth , so there was no evidence of disease .==


 * What was the cause of the ice maidens death ? ||
 * A)head trauma ||
 * B) froze to death ||
 * C) volcano ||