Juanita+Preservation

Juanitas' body was preserved accidentally. She was a natural mummy because the freezing temperature and the dry windy air had preserved her body very well. At the time she was found, Juanita was the best preserved of any Incan mummy found in the AndesJuanitas' body has only left Peru twice, once to the United States in 1996 and once to Japan in 1999. She has been subject to many delicate preserving processes, to stop her body from deteriorating. Back