The El Plomo boy is an Incan mummy discovered in 1954 by a group of climbers
The El Plomo is remarkably well preserved.
at the summit of Cerro El Plomo in Chile. The cold climate and minimal rainfaill atop the mountain allowed the mummy to remain remarkably well preserved. The mummy was well dressed in Incan textiles and jewelry, and found with a gold llama, a silver doll, and pouches of his baby teeth and nail clippings. The El Plomo boy was the first mummy discovered in a series that would later reveal the Incan practise of sacrificing children to the Gods that they believed to control water. He is currently stored in Chile's National Museum of Natural History in Santiago. The Andean mountains were a key part of the Incan kingdom, which stretched from Equador to southern Chile. The Inca believed the summit of a mountain served as a ladder to heaven, making these sites important sacred spaces. Several mountains, including Cerro El Plomo, Sara Sara, and Llullaillaco, were the site of an Incan ritual known as Capa Cocha. Other mummies found on these peaks include La Doncella, Sarita, Juanita, the Aconcagua boy, and the El Niño boy (for further information on these see the 'The Children of Llullaillaco' entry).
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