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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
Incan Mummies. For the Inca, death was an important part of life. The Inca worshiped the. spirits and the bodies of their ancestors. They believed in an afterlife, and. tombs and the mummies they held were considered holy. Like the Egyptians, the Inca embalmed their dead to preserve the body.