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El Misti (the man ?) in the left background - a dormant volcano that last erupted in 1784 but still has active fumaroles; about 5,821m or 19,000ft about 10 miles away.
Five pre-Colombian mummies were found at top and are now housed in Arequipa museum. The cold, dry climate had the effect of desiccating the corpses and preserving them intact. In 1995, the frozen body of a 12- to 14-year-old Inca girl who had died some time between 1440 and 1450 was discovered on Mount Ampato in southern Peru. Known as "Mummy Juanita" ("Momia Juanita" in Spanish) or "The Ice Maiden", some archaeologists believe that she was a human sacrifice to the Inca mountain god Apus. She is also in teh Arequipa museum. As is the mummy Urpicha found on the extinct volcano of Pichu Pichu (top top ?) seen at right and 5,460m or !7,700ft.
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