MAIDEN OF THE MOUNTAINS.
A 500-year-old frozen Incan mummy known as 'The Maiden' was suffering from a bacterial infection when she died - and being able to 'diagnose' the disease could lead to new insights into diseases of the past.
The discovery could help defend against new illnesses - or the re-emergence of diseases of the past.
The mummy was suffering from an illness similar to tuberculosis when she was sacrificed on the Argentinian volcano Llullaillaco, 22,100 feet above sea level.
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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2179217/Incan-mummy-frozen-human-sacrifice-infection-lungs--offering-new-insight-diseases-past.html
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