Where is chinchorro

The Chinchorro mummified children - in this case a boy estimated to be six or seven - as well as adults. Chinchorro culture. Pre-ceramic culture that lasted from 7, to 1, BC Sedentary fishers and hunter-gatherers Lived in what is now northernmost Chile and southern Peru Mummified their dead in a sophisticated and evocative manner Mummification is believed to have started as a way to keep the memories of the dead alive.

Image source, Getty Images. The Chinchorro mummified children and babies as well as adults. They covered the mummies' faces with clay masks. Image source, Eye Ubiquitous. Thick black hair was attached onto the mummies' heads. Living with the dead. Image source, Ivan Astudillo. Image source, Felipe Tobar Alduante.

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But there is still much to learn about these ancient preserved beings—and time is becoming increasingly short. University of Tarapaca museum curator Mariela Santos began noticing in recent years that the skin of some of the mummies in her collection were decomposing, turning into a black ooze reports Chris Kraul at The LA Times. The museum called in Ralph Mitchell, an artifact curator from Harvard, who cultured the bacteria on the mummies.

It's affecting everything else. Conservators are currently experimenting with combinations of humidity and temperature to help preserve the mummies, Kraul reports.