Together they bear testimony to a culture of marine hunter-gatherers who resided in the arid and hostile northern coast of the Atacama Desert in northernmost Chile from approximately 5450 BCE to 890 ...

The Chinchorro people created the first mummies ... much more needs to be done to spread awareness about this ancient culture. “This is so impressive,” said Claudio Perez, who’s from out ...

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