Inca Mummies Display Creates Controversy

The Washington Post reported Tuesday 9/20 that a proposed exhibit of three 500 year old Inca mummies of sacrified children is creating some amount of controversy. The Museum of High Altitude Archaeology of Salta Argentina plans to open an exhibit this fall, displaying three 'ice mummies' recovered from the Andes mountains. Archaeologist Johan Reinhard, a National Geographic Society explorer in residence who has worked on the Ice Mummy project for NGS, doesn't think that's a great idea. More to the point, neither do the members of Indigenous Association of Argentina, one of the largest associations of Native American tribes in Argentina. The museum has made an effort to reach out to Native American tribes in Argentina, but this seems to be a sticking point.
Propriety and History Clash in Argentina