Peru and Chile were the world’s first practitioners of mummification, thousands of years before the Egyptians.


Originally shared by Science Museum of Minnesota

Peru and Chile were the world’s first practitioners of mummification, thousands of years before the Egyptians. A mask like this would have been the finishing touch on a Chinchorro mummy.

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