What are the Chinchorro mummies?
Q: What are the Chinchorro mummies?
A: The Chinchorro mummies are mummified remains of people from the South American Chinchorro culture.
Q: Where were the Chinchorro mummies found?
A: The Chinchorro mummies were found in what is now northern Chile and southern Peru.
Q: How old are the oldest Chinchorro mummies?
A: The oldest Chinchorro mummies are 7,000 years old.
Q: When did the Chinchorro mummies stop being made?
A: The Chinchorro mummies stopped being made until about 1800 B.C.
Q: Who first studied the Chinchorro mummies?
A: The Andean archaeologist Max Uhle first studied the Chinchorro mummies in 1914.
Q: How many Chinchorro mummies have been found today?
A: Over 280 Chinchorro mummies have been found today.
Q: Why are some of the Chinchorro mummies melting?
A: Some of the Chinchorro mummies are melting because the increased humidity due to climate change has let microbes attack the skin.
