Day 416 - San Miguel, Chile
Day 416
A half hour from Arica is the tiny village of San Miguel with an impressive and growing archeological museum dedicated to the history of Chile including the ancient Chinchurro people who mummified their dead at least 7000 years ago, predating the Eqyptian culture. We found examples of the mummies which have been found through the region where the desert has protected them. The Chinchurro were a long-lived advanced culture that developed along the Pacific and into the desert. I only wish we could have found the locations of the discovered mummies.
