Also Try Mummies Lesson Plans PowerPoint Presentations and Lessons (Pete's PowerPoint Station) Provides lessons by topic area. 1-07 Lists Ancient Incas (SchoolHistory.co.uk - Field) Provides sources of information. 8-01 Materials Peruvian Mummies (PBS.org - NOVA) 01-06 News Preserved Inca Maiden Found and Displayed (Google.com) "Museumgoers gasped Thursday at the well-preserved mummy of an Inca maiden which is on display for the first time, a serene gaze etched on her face hundreds of years ago when she froze to death in the Andes. "Hundreds of people packed a museum in Salta, Argentina, to see 'la Doncella' — Spanish for 'the Maiden' — a 15-year-old girl whose remains were found in 1999 in an icy pit on Llullaillaco volcano, along with a 6-year-old girl and a 7-year-old boy." "Scientists believe the so-called Children of Llullaillaco were sacrificed more than 500 years ago in a ceremony marking the annual corn harvest. Dressed in fine clothes and given corn alcohol to put them to sleep, the victims were then left to die at an elevation of 22,080 feet." 09-07 Papers Ancient Inca Strings Deciphered (BBC News) "Researchers in the US believe they have come closer to solving a centuries-old mystery - by deciphering knotted string used by the ancient Incas." "The coloured, knotted pieces of string, known as khipu, are believed to have been used for accounting information." "The others may hold the key to historical information and stories." 5-02 Incas - Daily Life (Donn) Provides information on the daily lives of the ancient Incas. 03-06 Peruvian Artifacts Recovered (NationalGeographic.com) "U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) special agents recovered and seized 322 pre-Columbian Peruvian artifacts this week after a two-month joint investigation between ICE and the Broward Sheriff’s Office (BSO)." "The pre-Columbian era refers to a period preceding the exploration of the Americas by Christopher Columbus. The artifacts date as far back as 1500 B.C." 01-06 Peruvians Wants Machu Picchu Artifacts Returned (USA Today) "The treasures of Machu Picchu, says David Ugarte, regional director of Peru's National Culture Institute, were given to the American explorer 'on loan.' " "Peru's battle with Yale is not unique. Since 1820, when Greece demanded the return of the Elgin Marbles from the British Museum, countries of origin have steadily gotten more assertive about retrieving their heritage." 01-06 Pizarro, Francisco (InfoPlease.com) Provides a biography of the explorer and conquistador. The Spaniard invaded Peru and defeated the leader of the Inca Empire. Visitors sometimes misspell as Pizaro, Pizzaro, Pizzarro, Pezaro, or Pezzarro. Visitors sometimes misspell conquistador as conquestador, conquestadore, conquistadore, or concistador. 5-01

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