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The mummies of Incan rulers were among the holiest objects of Incan religion. The mummies were actually treated as if they were still alive. They had servants, maintained ownership of their property, were consulted as oracles, and were taken to major festivals or to visit other mummies. The mummy shown at right in a 16th-century Spanish codex is being transported in the same manner as the living royalty. Human Sacrifice Some Incan mummies have been found on high mountain peaks in the Andes. These mummies were human sacrifices. Frozen for hundreds of years, the mummies allow researchers to examine
Home > Ancient Maya Inca Aztec Cities/Ruins > Machu Picchu, Peru. Machu Picchu is the best known archaeological site in the western hemisphere. These white granite Incan ruins lie perched on an Andean mountain top, 2,000 feet above the Urabamba River gorge. Picchu is what the Incas called the geographic area where the ruins are found.