The face contracted in a smurf of terror, the hands covering the eyes. The fear of dying remained stared on us and, after 600 years, it has reached us. Along with the mummified body, perfectly preserved, discovered by accident in the Amazon. This panicked woman belonged to the Chachapoyas tribe, the "cloud warriors" as they called neighbors and rivals Incas, and she has preserved in perfect conditions thanks to her people's embalming arts.
The mummy was found in a cave for burial, also destined for cultivation, discovered in the Peruvian rainforest thanks to a farmer who found it while working and alerted the local authorities.
From the hidden time precious artifacts, ceramics, fabrics, and paintings have emerged, as well as the body of the woman and the mother of a child, who were resting together. About the circumstances of their death, the mystery remains. Like the rest very little is known about their tribe, the Chachapoyas: blonde, tall, light-skinned, were probably from Europe. It was one of the most advanced civilizations in that area. Their kingdom extended to all the Andes, but their original name is unknown. What came to me was the nickname given them by the Incas, which conquered them: "people of the clouds", for the high regions where the Chachapoyas lived in the forest.
The discovery of the site is considered of great importance by the archaeologists who brought it to light, and the photographs of the two mummies have fascinated the people of the Network... who immediately started throwing shots at those pain smurfs. It’s not possible, some say, that the face was stuck in that expression during the balm: it’s more likely that it was mummified for natural causes. But does someone else object, to commenting on an article that reports the discovery, on the Evening Standard website, which may simply be a work of time? The gangs would be retiring as the years go by handing over this distressing image to eternity, from which it is so difficult to look away.
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