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  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. Read more about it. 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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