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Juanita is five-hundred years old
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Juanita was around 13 years old at the time of her death
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- Tom visits National Geographic's Explorers' Hall in Washington, D.C. to meet Juanita, the five-hundred year old mummy discovered in Peru last year. Juanita was an Inca human sacrifice. She was around 13 years old at the time of her death. Her body has been frozen all these years and is extremely well preserved. Tom talks with archaeologist Johan Reinhard who found Juanita about the circumstances of her death and the significance of her discovery.

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