Hidden Bibliographic Details
Other authors / contributors: | Ugarte, Milagros de.
Cortés Aliaga, Gloria
Crossley, Karen.
Centro Cultural Palacio La Moneda (Chile)
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ISBN: | 9789568529055 9568529055
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Notes: | Catalog of exhibition held Aug. 26 - Oct. 12, 2008 at the Centro Cultural Palacio La Moneda. "Catálogo, edición Milagros de Ugarte, Gloria Cortés, Karen Crossley"--Colophon. Includes bibliographical references (pages 152-153).
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Summary: | Original Chinchorro (northern Chile) mummies never before exhibited in public and considered the oldest examples of mummified human remains in the world. The exhibition comprises more than 850 pieces from the holdings of the museum of the Universidad de Tarapacá in San Miguel de Azapa and represents the powerful medical, scientific and artistic accomplishments of this ancient civilization.
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