When National Geographic Explorer Johan Reinhard encountered the mummy, also known as Juanita, atop 20,700-foot Mount Ampato during a 1995 expedition, he knew almost immediately that he had found ...

Mike and Steve Marolt have tackled more challenging peaks than 20,630-foot Mount Ampato in Peru, but they said the otherworldly setting and the legacy of the Inca Ice Maiden made it their most ...

Early on my 80th birthday, I found myself struggling to reach 3,350 meters on Mount Ampato in southern Peru. This is not so impressive as it is meant to sound; up to the snow line, Ampato is no more ...

The discovery by Johan Reinhard of "Juanita," an Inca ice maiden found atop Mount Ampato in 1995, is the most recent—and some say the most revealing—addition to scientists' understanding of ...

In 1995, Dr. Johan Reinhard stumbled upon the body of a young girl, barely into her teens, on top of Mount Ampato in the Peruvian Andes. Named "Juanita," she is the best-preserved Incan mummy ever ...

The more than 500-year-old mummified teenager, found on top of Peru’s icy Mount Ampato, was an Inca sacrifice to the gods. Her well-preserved remains unleashed a wealth of knowledge, providing ...

National Geographic explorer Johan Reinhard first discovered the well-preserved mummy, dubbed the "Ice Maiden of Ampato" or "Juanita," at an altitude of about 19,685 feet, near the summit of the ...

the girl has come to be known by several nicknames including The Lady of Ampato, The Inca Ice Maiden — because of the frozen conditions atop the mountain that allowed her body to remain ...

It’s not always easy to imagine what a mummy might have looked like hundreds or thousands of years ago when they were living, breathing, and walking the earth. Thanks to sophisticated new facial ...