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MUSEO DE ARQUEOLOGIA DE ALTA MONTAÑA (MAAM)

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2024
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Museum with a mountain and interactive atmosphere, featuring a display of cryogenically preserved children's mummies

A visit not to be missed in Salta! This museum plunges the visitor from the first room of exhibition in the universe of the Inca Andes, with atmospheres of high mountain, frozen and interactive. We first discover the chain of the Andes, its peaks in the region, and especially the pre-Columbian life that existed here. The altiplano region of Salta was on the famous Inca road, the Qhapaq Ñan, which connected Machu Picchu near Cuzco, capital of the Empire, to all the regions of the kingdom, from Colombia to Argentinean and Chilean Patagonia. Thus, we discover the life of the pre-Incan peoples in the region, the Atacamas Indians (named after the Chilean desert) and Calchiaques (named after the nearby valley towards Cachi and Cafayate).

The highlight of the visit is the exhibition of the mummies of children sacrificed according to Inca rituals, found at more than 6,700 meters above sea level, on the Llullaillaco volcano, one of the highest sacred sanctuaries of the Inca kingdom. Of the 3 that belong to the museum (two girls and a boy), only one is exposed in low season, and two are exposed in high season, in turn. They are extremely well preserved, and were cryogenized for their conservation and their exhibition. One discovers there in particular the small extremely well preserved Inca amulets found in the tombs, the illas, dedicated to the human or animal deities.

Also, a photo exhibition on the mountains of the region, magnificent.

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Jepita
Jepita
Visited in october 2015
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Incontournable pour tenter de comprendre comment les Incas dominaient leurs colonies qui s'étendaient jusqu'en Patagonie, comment les liens sacrés amenaient au choix et au sacrifice des meilleurs enfants, pourquoi les tombes étaient placées tout en haut des montagnes ...
Bref visite passionnante ou il faut évidemment passer du temps à lire toutes les informations fournies.
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user_507177
user_507177
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Musée très intéressant pour découvrir la vie des indigènes d'autrefois et avec beaucoup de panneaux explicatifs. A part les momies il n'y a pas énormément de choses à voir, mais c'est bon pour ceux qui n'aiment pas passer trop de temps dans les musées. Excellente localisation sur la place centrale.
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Priscille75
Priscille75
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Musée sur la place principale de Salta, on y découvre un peu plus la culture inca, ses traditions et coutumes. Et bien sur, a la fin de la visite d'un ensemble très bien agencé, expliqué et traduit, une momie en excellent etat de conservation est en exposition, les deux autres étant conservées dans une autre pièce. Ça donne envie de devenir archéologue ou alpiniste pour faire de pareilles découvertes !
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staela
staela
This museum is worth a visit if only to see one of the mummies of the three children valley Llullaillaco who are in a remarkable condition. The three mummies are never both exposed, you can see only one of them but it is truly an exceptional archaeological discovery.
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