Thursday, September 8, 2016

The Ice Maiden

Author: Johan Reinhard
Stars: 3
Review by: Mandy Apgar

The author is an archaeologist that made a name for himself, and quite a bit of trouble, after he discovered a frozen mummy in the Andes. Dealing with local politics was one thing as well as the international scrutiny (he was however somewhat amused by witnessing a tabloid that said he'd violated an Incan curse)but he still had a mummy to preserve darn it, it is not like he'd make his situation worse by finding more mumm.... oh, crap. He found a lot more. A. Lot. Including a few babies. Putting aside some random and not needed moments on his personal life he does a fairly good job of explaining how the mummies were found, preserved, and eventually displayed along with the proposed ideologies that led the Incas to sacrifice their children.
 

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