500 years old Mummy

This virgin is brutally sacrificed, nature has made her a mummy. The Andes are one of the largest mountains in South America. Due to the combination of many hilly regions to form these mountains, there is an unimaginable natural diversity here. Today I will tell you about the Lady of Empato in the Andes Mountains, an Inca beauty 500 years ago.

The events of 1990. The Nevado Sabancaya volcano in the Andes Mountains of southern Peru suddenly came to life. Hot lava and ash began to spread to the surrounding area. As a result, the frozen snow starts melting from the nearby mountain tops. One of them is called Mount Empato.

About five years later. On September 6, 1995, anthropologist Johann Reinhardt and his colleague Miguel Geratte climbed Mount Empato at 20,630 feet in Orcipa, Peru. Their goal is to observe the active volcano with their own eyes. They are slowly advancing towards the top of the snow-capped mountain. At that time, they saw something strange about six thousand feet above sea level. Anthropologist Reinhardt paused. They saw a few bright bird feathers in the snow. Because they no longer looked like the feathers of five ordinary birds. They were part of the crown worn on the head. Which was worn during the official festivals of the ancient Incas. The crown was made of a special kind of bird feather and a kind of oyster shell.

They found more remains very soon. The Incas continue to search the vicinity. In a short time they appeared in front of a stone structure. Professor Reinhardt realized that they had found an ancient Inca temple or ceremony site.

For many years it was covered with snow. It was exposed to the melting ice of the volcano. Professor Reinhard searched further, hoping to find some more samples. While searching, they found a bundle of cloth frozen in a crevice in the hill. The body was that of a girl. Their eyebrows fluttered at the sight of the girl's dress. Professor Reinhardt was able to observe the corpse, which was adorned with a costume made of short hair. He is standing in front of the body of an Inca girl. He died a long time ago. However, it was not known how long ago.

The girl died at least 500 years ago today, sometime between 1440-60. Not only that, but two more bodies were discovered. All three bodies have been strangely preserved and transformed into mummies!

Various items were found with the body. One of them is a special kind of cloth crown on the head, which has the art of bird feathers. Besides, earthenware and many idols were found.

Going there, the mountaineer shouted! Because by then a corpse inside a bundle of clothes had come to his notice. They quickly recovered the body.

Do you know what they are made of? Pure gold! There are also idols made of silver and cloth. They realized that the bodies would be destroyed by sunlight and volcanic ash if left in the open air.

Valuable items in the vicinity can also be stolen. Moreover, as an anthropologist can not be such an interesting thing! So they brought down the corpses, including the relics, from the top of the mountain. They left them in a cool room at The Catholic University of Santa Maria in Arequipa, Peru.

The first corpse was named The Inca Lady. Found on Mount Empato, it is also called The Lady of Empato or Mummy Juanita in Spanish. The mummies were brought to America in 1997. There was detailed research on the Inca Lady.

Various types of forensic examinations were carried out. As a result of autopsy or autopsy so that the mummy is not damaged. So researchers try to find out through computed tomography or CT scan. What's the secret in this Inca Lady?

Wondering, what was known in this study? Who was this Inca Lady? Why did he die? If we want to know the answer to these questions, we have to turn to the Inca society. They were sacrificed to the Inca gods.

The first girl to be discovered, the Inca Lady, was between 12 and 14 years old. One of the other two was a boy and the other a girl. They were approximately five and six years old. However, the body of the 13-year-old girl is very elegantly arranged. The other two, on the other hand, were quite simple compared to him.

Experts think she was a 'Sacred Lady' or a 'Holy Woman'. The other two were his servants or companions. But who is this Sacred Lady? Why or why not? What was their intention? If you want to know the answer, you have to go a little deeper.

When South America was ruled by the Inca Empire, then! Their customs and manners were strange. The strangest of these was the Kapakocha festival. The Kapakocha festival is different from the other five festivals. I want living people for this festival. The system of gathering them was also widespread throughout the empire.

Presumably, the girl was living in a mountain valley in one of the regions of the Inca Empire at that time. The girl's father is a farmer. The land produces potatoes and other crops. Those are their food. The girl would sometimes run to her father in the field. How old will it be? Big force 10 to 11.

Feminine features have not yet begun to manifest in her body. Yet a beauty has filled the whole body. At that time, the girl fell in the eyes of the village priest. He secretly sent the news to the high priest. Lord, the offerings of the gods have been found.

A few days later, one night, the high priest came with the king's army and appeared in front of the girl's house. Gambhir said their daughter would be dedicated to the service of the gods. I came to pick up the girl. The girl was last seen by her mother on the same day. His family never saw him again.

In the same way, a teenager was chosen to sacrifice at the feet of the gods. But in most cases girls were chosen. If she was a girl, it was obligatory for her to be a virgin. At first, they were separated from their parents.

They were then kept under special observation. The family from which someone was chosen was looked upon with great respect. And the girl got the status of a goddess. But it is not for long. Because very soon he was sent to the gods. That is, sacrifices were made to the gods.

This whole festival is Kapakocha. Here donations were made to the gods for the sake of teenage children or virgins. The Kapakocha festival was celebrated only to celebrate big events. These included ascending the emperor's throne, winning battles, or giving birth to a new prince.

They also organized the Kapakocha festival to save themselves from various natural disasters. The selected teenager or adolescent must be physically very perfect. There could be no sesame or scratch marks on the skin.

He was treated with royalty until the final time. He was first placed under the care of a priest. The most expensive dress was determined for him. Her hair was washed in fragrant water and braided beautifully. The king himself was fed the food he ate.

Then a few months before the final festival, he was given a lot of alcohol and drugs. Among them was cocoa leaves, from which cocaine is made. Toxins are excreted from our body mainly through excrement.

With that some amount is excreted through sweat. Some amount is also deposited on hair and nails. For example, arsenic is found in the hair of people who are gradually exposed to arsenic.

Scientists analyzed the hair obtained from the bodies of the three mummies. It found that the amount of cocaine in the Inca Lady's diet had gradually increased since about 21 months before her death. And 6 months ago he took the most cocaine mixed food.

On the other hand, the amount of alcohol was highest a few weeks before death. Cocaine helps reduce appetite, constricts blood vessels. As a result, the body temperature rises. As well as increasing the speed of breathing, hallucinations engulfed the person. As a result, he lost his normal judgment. He did not have the ability to think independently.

Gradually the time would come closer. Meanwhile, the amount of alcohol and intoxicants also increased. As a result, they would be intoxicated all the time. On the day of the festival, the girl was taken to a sacred hill in the distance, dancing, singing and making noise.

After being taken there, they would come back at the end of the day after performing various episodes all day long. But he would leave the girl in a small hut on the top of the hill. He was also hit on the head with something heavy to hasten his death. The Maiden Lady of Inca or Inca Virgin was such a wretch!

Hee body was buried under the ice with a strange whim of nature. Or who knows? Maybe he was buried alive. But in 1999, Inca Kumari came back to us. 500 years have passed since then. The emperor who sacrificed an innocent soul to a cruel god in the hope of his own prosperity is also lost in the womb of eternity.

Source- TV news

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