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Thousands of Inca Mummies Unearthed

Posted by michael on from the b-movie-fodder dept.

kgarcia writes "National Geographic has an article about one of the most important archeological discoveries about the Incas in recent times. As much as 10,000 mummies were discovered in an ancient Incan graveyard, in cocoons containing as much as 7 mummies per bundle."

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  1. Re:and the prophesies were made true on this day.. by yintercept · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Wouldn't it be ironic if the 10,000 dead were killed by a plague and the virus had survived this long, only to wreak havok on the world?

    The article mentioned that the mummies were about 500 years old (2002-500 = 1502). This puts them in the ground just about the time Columbus was in the area. If there was a plague is likely something they caught from Europeans. So it's something we already had.