As long as the body does not decay, the soul will not disappear. People have a wealth of fantasies about their fate after death, believing that some souls go to heaven and some go to hell.
Therefore, people racked their brains to preserve the corpses in order to find peace of mind. A well-preserved dried corpse of an Inca girl has been exhibited at the Argentine Alpine Museum.
The dry corpse of this Inca girl is 500 years old and is considered to be the best preserved corpse, what is her story? This issue of Ziya Children's Fun Exploration Diary takes you to understand the story behind this dry corpse.
When it comes to mummies, everyone always thinks of them: it is a corpse covered with white bandages, deep eye sockets, and a vicious face.
However, the discovery of a mummy in the Ojos Mountains surprised archaeologists as if she were still alive. What exactly makes the body so intact and beautiful?
The magical phenomenon of a girl who had been frozen for five hundred years, her hair dark and thick, her face sitting serenely, as if she had just fallen asleep, aroused the curiosity of researchers.
Let's first take a look at the crime scene, the Ojos Mountains. The highest elevation of the Ojos Mountains is 6700 meters above sea level, and few people have set foot here because of the thin air and frequent volcanic eruptions.
It is difficult for humans to adapt to altitude sickness at high altitudes, such as lack of oxygen, vomiting, severe headaches and other symptoms, which make people want to escape from this place in an instant.
It is arid all year round, the conditions are harsh, it is not suitable for human habitation, and it is a ten-hour drive from the nearest town. But thanks to advances in technology and medicine, people are slowly trying to set foot on this forbidden land.
It is hard to imagine that five hundred years ago, such a thin maiden had climbed to the top of the mountain at an altitude of 6,700 meters and laid to rest here forever.
The cause of her death was hidden in this towering mountain. In 1999, a highland archaeological team was on a mission in the Andes.
The highest ancient tomb on the earth was found, in which lay a "fourteen or fifteen" year old maiden, the girl's arms were crossed in front of her, the arm joints were still elastic, and the sweat pores on it were clearly visible.
The dark and thick hair is woven into delicate braids, and the skin is full of luster and the face is clear. This phenomenon makes archaeologists lament the miraculous power of nature.
The appearance of a perfect mummy "frozen age girl" has caused a sensation in the archaeological community. People began to wonder about her identity and the cause of her death, and gradually unveiled the mystery of the "Frozen Girl".
Around the girl, there are many funerary items, ceramic statues, textiles, each of which is exquisite and abnormal, and there are artificial traces on the ice, which seem to be a mysterious symbol left deliberately.
This made archaeologists curious about the identity of the maiden, whose appearance was no accident. The white feather crown on the girl's head and the exquisite fabrics all prove her aristocratic status.
A male corset was found on her right shoulder, and researchers speculate that corset also has a special meaning. This is the first clue to the identity of a young girl.
Then came the second clue, the slightly bulging cheek on the right side of the girl, which attracted the attention of the researchers, and there seemed to be something in his mouth that had not yet been chewed, and after extraction, the result was unexpectedly a thing that could anesthetize the self.
And studies have shown that in the year when the girl is dying, the anesthetic factor in the hair is constantly soaring, and in the corpse of an ancient girl, this shocking thing happened, but the cause was soon discovered.
It turned out that the coca leaf contained factors that could be anesthetic. For the ancient Inca Empire, coca leaves were nothing more than food for them.
They chew these coca leaves to fight altitude sickness at high altitudes, but not everyone can chew coca leaves. Because of its rarity, only members of the royal family and nobility were eligible to eat it.
From this point of view, it proves once again that the identity of the young girl is very noble. Why was such a noble young girl buried at the top of the Ojos Mountains?
And what kind of faith does the frozen-age girl in front of her have to climb the cold peak? Why did a thin girl spend so long climbing the cold peak? A barrage of questions piqued the interest of archaeologists.
The Inca Empire was an ancient empire in the Americas from the 11th to the 16th centuries, and was the founder of the Inca civilization. According to historical records, they regarded each eruption of Mount Ampato as a baptism of the entire tribe, and at the time of the eruption, the Incas performed sacrifices.
Every year they select young children to be sacrificed to the mountain gods in this way to express their inner admiration, pray for the protection of the gods and win the support of the gods.
In the centuries-old history of the world, sacrifices have been very common, and there are many examples of living sacrifices. This frozen maiden came from the ancient empire of the fifteenth century, the Incas, a lost civilization five hundred years ago.
The girl in the tomb sat paralyzed on the ground, without a trace of struggle on her face, how did this Inca girl leave the world?
Let's explore the cause of the girl's death step by step, after the researchers gave the girl a full-body C T scan, the scan results showed that through the girl's wisdom teeth and bones, you can accurately determine her age.
She was only fourteen or fifteen years old, and she was still a young child who had not yet learned about the world. There were no physical injuries or fractures, so it was not possible to determine other causes of death.
Researchers have also found foods in the stomach that have not yet been fully digested, and the food in the stomach is some foods that are very easy to preserve, such as corn, freeze-dried camel meat, etc. From this, it can be inferred that the girl's death was not an accidental event, but a human-made death!
The mystery is about to be revealed: the story begins with a living sacrifice, a young girl, gorgeously dressed, she is the sacrifice chosen by the gods, she is about to embark on this three-month long journey to begin a pilgrimage.
The initiator of the whole incident was none other than his mad father, the Chief. They ate hard camel meat, corn, along the way. A group of people crossed barren mountains, deserts, and climbed with difficulty.
The maiden has a beautiful face and a magnificent crown of feathers. In the eyes of the Inca people, choosing the living to sacrifice to the gods was a supreme honor, and the maiden seemed to be able to accept this fate.
In fact, this is a huge mental and physical torture for the girl, a journey to death. When the sun rises, the sacred sacrificial ceremony officially begins.
The girl was carefully dressed, dressed in the most exquisite costume of the Inca Empire, with a gorgeous feather crown on her head, drinking the rice wine prepared in advance by the tribesmen, fearing and restlessness in her heart, the anesthesia of alcohol, the stimulation of chewing coca leaves for a long time, and the serious discomfort caused by the lack of oxygen in the plateau, which caused her to vomit.
She lay quietly in the middle of the cemetery, her eyes full of pain and despair, but his father showed no sign of stopping, and his father watched his daughter continue to chant incantations in her mouth and continue to practice sacrifices.
Finally he put his corset on the girl's shoulder and completed the sacrificial ceremony, the delicate corset symbolizing his father's noble status, and several elders knotted the maiden's clothes from behind.
Unable to resist, the girl eventually suffocated to death at the top of the mountain. After the sacrifice, the father and his people walked down the mountain to return to the tribe to continue their lives.
At this point, the cause of the girl's death has been revealed. The journey ended with the perfect sacrifice of the maiden.
In fact, such cultural practices did not only occur in the Inca Empire, but also in many ancient countries, or in the obscure stage of tribes have appeared similar sacrificial cultures, and the chosen sacrifices are usually young children who are in their prime.
This approach is cruel and ignorant, exposing human ignorance of nature and contempt for life.
Although many times, our scientific and technological development can not control the occurrence of natural disasters, but society has been progressing, we must believe in science, abandon feudal superstitions, the correct vision of life and death, to avoid the recurrence of tragedies.
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