Chinchorro Mummification

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When one hears the word mummies the first thing that comes to mind are the Egyptian mummies inside expensive-looking detailed tombs. But 2,000 years before the Egyptians embraced this art, a South American Culture—the Chinchorro—had already started preserving its dead in a similar way. This Culture composed of fishermen, hunters and gatherers from southern Peru and northern Chile used a number of different mummification processes. But since there was no discrimination to choose who was mummified archaeologists have not yet found the reason why the Chinchorro chose to practice mummification. However, there is plenty of information on other aspects of the Chinchorro culture that makes it far more interesting than other cultures that practiced

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