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The mummy baby: Remarkably preserved body of Peruvian infant goes on show… 6,500 years after he lost his fight for life
More than 6,500 years ago in Peru, this tiny baby's brief battle for life finally came to an end.
The child, no more than 10 months old, had a serious heart defect and suffered from growth problems.
After contracting pneumonia and then suffering circulation failure the sick child died and was wrapped in linen and buried with an amulet hung around its neck.
Now the baby's mummified corpse, known as the Detmold child, is to go on display in the biggest exhibition of mummies in the world.
'Mummies of the World' will display 45 mummies and 95 artifacts from 15 museums in seven countries in a show that opens today at the California Science Centre.
'The Detmold Child' a Peruvian child mummy in a remarkable state of preservation and dated to 4504-4457 BC
The Detmold Child itself is on loan from the Lippisches Landes museum in Detmold, Germany.
Read more: www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1291198/Mummy-10-month-old-baby-goes-worlds-biggest-mummy-exhibition.html#ixzz0sXX4Pney
