07-26-2012, 01:56 PM
quite a while back i had a thread about this Inca child-sacrifice mummy. can't locate it now.
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The place of sacrifice: The burial site of the 3 children on top of Llullaillaco Volcano.
A 500-year-old frozen Incan mummy known as 'The Maiden' was suffering from a bacterial infection when she died - and being able to 'diagnose' the disease could lead to new insights into diseases of the past.
The discovery could help defend against new illnesses - or the re-emergence of diseases of the past.
The mummy was suffering from an illness similar to tuberculosis when she was sacrificed on the Argentinian volcano Llullaillaco, 22,100 feet above sea level.
The find - using a new technique of swabbing the lips and comparing the swabs with those of current patients - is the first time a disease has been 'diagnosed' in such an ancient body.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/a...z21kgCSA23
The place of sacrifice: The burial site of the 3 children on top of Llullaillaco Volcano.
A 500-year-old frozen Incan mummy known as 'The Maiden' was suffering from a bacterial infection when she died - and being able to 'diagnose' the disease could lead to new insights into diseases of the past.
The discovery could help defend against new illnesses - or the re-emergence of diseases of the past.
The mummy was suffering from an illness similar to tuberculosis when she was sacrificed on the Argentinian volcano Llullaillaco, 22,100 feet above sea level.
The find - using a new technique of swabbing the lips and comparing the swabs with those of current patients - is the first time a disease has been 'diagnosed' in such an ancient body.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/a...z21kgCSA23