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    Llullaillaco (Spanish pronunciation: [ʎuʎajˈʎako]) is a dormant stratovolcano on the border between Argentina (Salta Province) and Chile (Antofagasta Region)...
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    The Children of Llullaillaco (Spanish: [(ɟ)ʝuʝajˈʝako]), also known as the Mummies of Llullaillaco, are three Inca child mummies discovered on 16 March...
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    hemithorax, which entered through her back. While in some cases, as in Llullaillaco, the bodies were deposited in a burial chamber and covered with gravel...
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    the world's best preserved mummies at over 22,000 feet (6,739 m) on Llullaillaco, the world’s highest archaeological site. In 1995 and 1999 Time selected...
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    Llullaillaco National Park is a national park of Chile, 275 km southeast of Antofagasta in the Andes. It lies between the eastern slopes of the Cordillera...
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  • Bolivia, Ecuador and Peru. Her most important finding are the Children of Llullaillaco, considered the best preserved mummies in the world by the Guinness World...
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    the highest snow line in the world, near the Tropic of Capricorn on Llullaillaco. There is a widespread maritime tradition of holding ceremonies to mark...
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    "The Maiden", one of the Llullaillaco mummies. Inca human sacrifice, Salta province (Argentina)....
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    lower left). There is another prominent coulée flow on the flank of Llullaillaco volcano, in Argentina, and other examples in the Andes. Calder, Eliza...
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    suffocation, as vomit and blood were found on his clothing. In 1999, near Llullaillaco's 6,739 m (22,110 ft) summit, an Argentine-Peruvian expedition found the...
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    three sections: The Southern Andes in Argentina and Chile, south of Llullaillaco. The Central Andes in Peru and Bolivia. The Northern Andes in Venezuela...
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  • Escorial Guayaques Incahuasi Juriques Lascar Lastarria Licancabur Linzor Llullaillaco Minchincha Miñiques Miño Miscanti Olca Ollagüe Palpana Paranal Paruma...
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    been found on summits throughout the Andes, thus far the highest atop Llullaillaco, a 6,739-metre (22,110 ft) mountain astride the Chilean-Argentine border...
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    be unintentionally preserved, came in 1999 with the discovery of the Llullaillaco mummies on the border of Argentina and Chile. The three mummies are children...
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    the three frozen Inca mummies found at the Llullaillaco volcano and known as the Children of Llullaillaco . The Tren a las Nubes ("Train to the Clouds")...
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    determine the mummy's blood type and conduct a DNA study.   Children of Llullaillaco Mummy Juanita Ötzi the Iceman Horne, P. D.; Kawasaki, S. Q. (1984). "The...
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    Ötzi List of unsolved murders Similar archaeological finds: Children of Llullaillaco and Mummy Juanita – high-altitude Incan mummies Gebelein predynastic...
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  • combination of respect and fear while further embedding devotion. Children of Llullaillaco Chinchorro mummies "Inca Mummy Girl" List of unsolved murders Ötzi the...
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    Another Ring of Fire Andean volcano on the Argentina-Chile border is Llullaillaco (6,739 m or 22,110 ft), which is the world's highest historically active...
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    "The Maiden", one of the Llullaillaco mummies, Inca human sacrifice, Salta province (Argentina)...
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    Chile, including those without forests or major vegetation, such as Llullaillaco National Park and others in the Atacama Desert. CONAF was created on...
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    Purico complex Pacana Aguas Calientes Lascar Chiliques Aracar Socompa Llullaillaco Lastarria Lazufre Cordón del Azufre Galán Peinado San Francisco Cueros...
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    Only the highest peaks (such as Ojos del Salado, Monte Pissis, and Llullaillaco) have some permanent snow coverage. The southern part of the desert,...
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    recorded history (Incans had reached much higher altitudes previously; see Llullaillaco). In 1831, Jean-Baptiste Boussingault and Colonel Hall reached a new...
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    "The Maiden", one of the discovered Llullaillaco mummies, a preserved Inca human sacrifice from around the year 1500....
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  • Chile covering a total area of 13,206,810 hectares. Lauca Volcán Isluga Llullaillaco Pan de Azúcar Nevado Tres Cruces Llanos de Challe Fray Jorge La Campana...
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    Purico complex Pacana Aguas Calientes Lascar Chiliques Aracar Socompa Llullaillaco Lastarria Lazufre Cordón del Azufre Galán Peinado San Francisco Cueros...
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    estatal, capacocha y actores sociales locales: El Cementerio del volcán Llullaillaco". Estudios Atacameños (in Spanish) (40): 43–62. doi:10.4067/S0718-10432010000200004...
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    the peak of the nearby Llullaillaco (6,739 m (22,110 ft) high) is 14,804 m (48,570 ft). Neither Mount Lamlam nor Llullaillaco have the dry prominence...
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    known for certain to have climbed is 6739 m at the summit of Volcan Llullaillaco. The Age of Enlightenment and the Romantic era marked a change of attitudes...
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