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'The Maiden' on Display in Argentina

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• Sept. 6: People look at the mummy 'La Doncella,' or 'the Maiden,' in the High Mountain Archeological Museum in Salta, Argentina. The Maiden, who is on display for the first time since her discovery in 1999, was approximately 15 years old when she and two younger children died as human sacrifices to the gods by the Incas more than 500 years ago on the top of the Llullaillaco volcano.
• Sept. 6: The mummy 'La Doncella,' or 'the Maiden,' sits on display at the High Mountain Archeological Museum in Salta, Argentina.
• Sept. 6: The mummy 'La Doncella,' or 'the Maiden,' sits on display at the High Mountain Archeological Museum in Salta, Argentina.
• Sept. 6: The mummy 'La Doncella,' or 'the Maiden,' sits on display at the High Mountain Archeological Museum in Salta, Argentina.
• Sept. 6: Sept. 6: People look at the mummy 'La Doncella,' or 'the Maiden,' in the High Mountain Archeological Museum in Salta, Argentina. The Maiden, who is on display for the first time since her discovery in 1999, was approximately 15 years old when she and two younger children died as human sacrifices to the gods by the Incas more than 500 years ago on the top of the Llullaillaco volcano.