JuanitaDiscovery

The ice Maiden, also known as Juanita. was discovered on the 8th of September 1995 on Mount Ampato, near Arequipa in Peru by mountaineer and anthropologist Johan Reinhard and Miguel Zarate. The men set out to climb Mount Ampato in hopes to observe a nearby volcano which had recently erupted. The eruption of the nearby volcano had cause the snow cover on Mount Ampato to melt and ridges to collapse and fall down the mountain. The men stopped on their journey to the summit of the mountain when they discovered a large area full of artifacts which reveled an ancient civilization. as they proceeded up the mountain they continues to discover remains. Once at the summit, the men realized that the ridge had collapsed during the recent erruption of the volcano, revealing even more artifacts. this is where the men found a bundle of cloth, which wrapped inside was the Ice Maiden. It is thought that after the ridge collapsed, her tomb had fallen down into the gully below. Back