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Vol. 80 No. 1 (2005): V World Congress on Mummy Studies - Turin, Italy, 2nd-5th September 2004
https://doi.org/10.4081/jbr.2005.10185
The mummies of San Lorenzo Island
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San Lorenzo Island is 5 miles off the coast of Lima, Peru. This island, as well as the whole Peruvian coast, presents several environmental conditions that make natural mummification a very common phenomenon. This paper explains the reasons for this phenomenon and presents an overview of the bodies recently uncovered by a team of archeologists led by the Peruvian Navy.
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The mummies of San Lorenzo Island. (2005). Journal of Biological Research - Bollettino Della Società Italiana Di Biologia Sperimentale, 80(1). https://doi.org/10.4081/jbr.2005.10185
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