MUSEO DE ARQUEOLOGIA DE ALTA MONTAÑA (MAAM)
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Museum with a mountain and interactive atmosphere, featuring a display of cryogenically preserved children's mummies
A visit not to be missed in Salta! This museum plunges the visitor from the first room of exhibition in the universe of the Inca Andes, with atmospheres of high mountain, frozen and interactive. We first discover the chain of the Andes, its peaks in the region, and especially the pre-Columbian life that existed here. The altiplano region of Salta was on the famous Inca road, the Qhapaq Ñan, which connected Machu Picchu near Cuzco, capital of the Empire, to all the regions of the kingdom, from Colombia to Argentinean and Chilean Patagonia. Thus, we discover the life of the pre-Incan peoples in the region, the Atacamas Indians (named after the Chilean desert) and Calchiaques (named after the nearby valley towards Cachi and Cafayate).
The highlight of the visit is the exhibition of the mummies of children sacrificed according to Inca rituals, found at more than 6,700 meters above sea level, on the Llullaillaco volcano, one of the highest sacred sanctuaries of the Inca kingdom. Of the 3 that belong to the museum (two girls and a boy), only one is exposed in low season, and two are exposed in high season, in turn. They are extremely well preserved, and were cryogenized for their conservation and their exhibition. One discovers there in particular the small extremely well preserved Inca amulets found in the tombs, the illas, dedicated to the human or animal deities.
Also, a photo exhibition on the mountains of the region, magnificent.
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Très intéressant, les momies des enfants retrouvés qu'on peux voir à la fin sont dans un état de conservation exceptionnel. Immanquable !!
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Le plus impressionnant est l'exposition des momies des enfants du Llullaillaco, sacrifiés selon un ancien rituel inca. Le musée explique pourquoi les Incas faisaient un tel rituel et le parcours des enfants sur plusieurs centaines de kilomètres.