3 The children on Llullaillaco were very young when they died. Scientists think that the boy and two
girls were between six and fifteen years old. They had been frozen on the summit of Llullaillaco for
over 500 years. Rein Hard couldn’t believe how well the mummies had been preserved. They looked
like they had been buried only a short time before. The mummies were carefully removed and
carried down the mountain. Since then Reinhard has had the chance to study them and has even
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found a living relative of one of the girls!