The Dark Truth Behind the Recovery of a 500-Year-Old Mummy

A Sacred Quechua Volcano

The Incas regarded this volcano, the Llullaillaco volcano, as sacred. It borders Argentina and the Atacama Region of Chile and has an elevation of 6,600 feet above sea level. Reinhard was about to make three very important discoveries during his time in the volcano...

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