Known as La Doncella, the mummy sits literally frozen in sleep.

The mummy of an ancient Inca girl sits literally frozen in sleep at a museum in Argentina.

The mummy, called La Doncella or The Maiden, is that of a teenage girl who died more than 500 years ago in a ritual sacrifice in the Andes Mountains.

The girl and two other children were left on a mountaintop to succumb to the cold as offerings to the gods, according to the archaeologists who found the mummified remains in Argentina in 1999.

La Doncella was found dressed in a ceremonial tunic and adorned with a headpiece, tokens of her new status as a messenger to the heavens. The girl had also drunk corn liquor, likely to put her to sleep, scientists say, and her mouth still held fragments of coca leaves, which the Inca chewed to lessen the effects of altitude sickness.

National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence Johan Reinhard, who co-led the expedition, described the discovery at the time as "the best preserved of any mummy I've seen." (National Geographic News is a division of the National Geographic Society.)

 Known as La Doncella, the mummy sits literally frozen in

Built around 1082, the castle was excavated in a gigantic mass of sandstone, consists of thick stone walls, steps carved into the rock, rooms obtained from the rock mass and is protected by the natural barriers of the site where it is located. .  Sperlinga and its castle went down in history during the Sicilian Vespers, when Sperlinga was the only town in Sicily to guarantee a refuge for the French while a revolt against the Angevins broke out across the island.

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 Sperlinga Castle, Enna, Sicily, Italy, Built around 1082

Isola Bella is one of the Borromean Islands of Lago Maggiore in north Italy. The island is situated in the Borromean Gulf 400 metres from the lakeside town of Stresa. Isola Bella is 320 metres long by 400 metres wide and is divided between the Palace, its Italianate garden, and a small fishing village.

 Isola Bella (Lago Marriore) Isola Bella is one of the

This is a great quality 5.77" megalodon shark tooth found in a Georgia, USA.

Megalodon was arguably one of the largest and most powerful predators in earth's history and died out as recently as 3 million years.

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Telmessos ancient city, named after Telmessos, son of Apollo (Fethiye, Muğla)

It is one of the important ancient cities of the Lycian Region.

Fethiye is famous for its rock tombs worth seeing. These rock tombs are monumental tombs built for people with high status in the community. Temple-type tombs are those made for people who are called God King. The most famous and magnificent of these is undoubtedly the rock tomb, which is described as Hermapios son Amintas Tomb.

On the front facade of the Amintas Rock Tomb specific to the Lycian Region, there are two columns in Ionic order among the carriers attached to the wall. Amintas Rock Tomb is an indicator of the creativity of Lycian architects of the period. There were stone beds in the interior of the grave where the dead were placed. In the inscription found in Amintas Rock Tomb, the name of Hermapias's son Amintas is mentioned. This magnificent monumental tomb built by carving a single piece of rock BC. It is dated to the 4th century.

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 Telmessos ancient city, named after Telmessos, son of

Surrounded by relatively flat land in this STUNNING VIEW!

 Devils Tower, Wyoming! Surrounded by relatively flat land

Human skeleton encrusted with calcite located deep in a cave in Belize.

 Human skeleton encrusted with calcite located deep in a

Ashurbanipal, also spelled Assurbanipal, Asshurbanipal and Asurbanipal was the king of the Neo-Assyrian Empire from the death of his father Esarhaddon in 668 BC to his own death in 631 BC. The fourth king of the Sargonid dynasty, Ashurbanipal is generally remembered as the last great king of Assyria.

 Statue of Ashurbanipal. Ashurbanipal, also spelled

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This little village on the Historic Faroe Islands has a magnificent view.

The Faroe Islands is a self-governing archipelago, part of the Kingdom of Denmark. It comprises 18 rocky, volcanic islands between

and Norway in the North Atlantic Ocean, connected by road tunnels, ferries, causeways and bridges. Hikers and bird-watchers are drawn to the islands’

, and steep coastal cliffs that harbor thousands of

 This little village on the Historic Faroe Islands has a

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The Incredible Aztec Calendar Stone, In The Old National Museum Of Mexico. (1917).

 The Incredible Aztec Calendar Stone, In The Old National

Carlsbad Caverns National Park, New Mexico, USA.

Carlsbad Caverns National Park is in the Chihuahuan Desert of southern New Mexico. It features more than 100 caves. The Natural Entrance is a path into the namesake Carlsbad Cavern. Stalactites cling to the roof of the Big Room, a huge underground chamber in the cavern. Walnut Canyon Desert Loop is a drive with desert views. Rattlesnake Springs, a desert wetland, attracts reptiles and hundreds of bird species.

 Carlsbad Caverns National Park, New Mexico, USA. Carlsbad

Medieval Catalan village of Pals, in the province of

How many other buildings have not been cleared for lack of money for researchers?

 How many other buildings have not been cleared for lack of

The kingdom was established in 872 as a merger of many petty kingdoms and has existed continuously for 1,148 years. From 1537 to 1814, Norway was a part of the Kingdom of Denmark–Norway, and from 1814 to 1905, it was in a personal union with the Kingdom of Sweden. Norway was neutral during the First World War.

 Beautiful sunset in northern Norway. The kingdom was

The Sorvagsvatn lake - Faroe Islands (Denmark).

Sorvagsvatn or Leitisvatn is the largest lake in the Faroe Islands. It is situated on the island of Vagar between the municipalities of Sorvagur and Vagar. Its area is 3.4 km2, more than three times the size of Fjallavatn, the second largest lake, also located on Vagar.

The lake is located very close to the ocean, but its surface is about 40 metres above the level of sea. It is surrounded by a higher cliff which prevents it from emptying fully into the ocean, the waterfall

 being the outlet. The greater height of the cliffs on either side of Bosdalafossur can give the illusion from certain perspectives that the lake is higher above sea level than it is.

According the geological report the lake was formed more than one hundred million years ago, due to a small displacement of the tectonic plates of the northwestern part of the modern

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The Anunnaki were Giants, any man who could hold a fully grown lion like a pet cat has got to be.

 The Anunnaki were Giants, any man who could hold a fully

Rock house built between massive rocks, Fafe, Portugal, 1974.

 Rock house built between massive rocks, Fafe, Portugal

We as humans tend to think our civilization as something that will endure long after we are gone. However, nature has a habit of proving us wrong time and time again. With time, Mother Nature always reclaims abandoned and sometimes active pieces of civilization. Sometimes she even claims whole civilizations that end up forever lost to history.

 We as humans tend to think our civilization as something

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An early photo showing a Native American with what looks to be a wolf.

 An early photo showing a Native American with what looks to

Hagia Sophia, Turkish Ayasofya, Latin Sancta Sophia, also called Church of the Holy Wisdom or Church of the Divine Wisdom, cathedral built at Constantinople (now Istanbul, Turkey) in the 6th century CE (532–537) under the direction of the Byzantine emperor Justinian I. By general consensus, it is the most important

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This is the Chatillion Car Graveyard, which was one of the world’s largest abandoned car graveyards. It was left untouched for over 70 years.

According to an urban legend the cars were left behind by US soldiers from the Second World War after they were unable to ship them back, they decided to leave them in a forest until they could come back and retrieve them. Some locals however disagree, saying that it’s simply and old car dump of vehicles left after WW2.

In 2010 the entire site had to be cleared due to environmental issues.

 Abandoned traffic jam in Belgium Forest. This is the

A magical island topped by a gravity-defying medieval monastery, the

-Saint-Michel counts among France’s most stunning sights. For

one of Europe’s major pilgrimage destinations, this holy mount is now a

 A magical island topped by a gravity-defying medieval

10 million years ago turtles could eat you with a single bite.

 10 million years ago turtles could eat you with a single

 Stairs of death in Huayna Picchu, Peru. Be honest would you

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This photo is from the mid-19th century excavation of the colossal statues at the Nergal Gate of the ancient city of

. This statue was one of the two winged bull-men (aka

) that guarded one of several entrances to Nineveh dated to the time of

 This photo is from the mid-19th century excavation of the

This ancient olive tree in Crete is an incredible 3000 years old. It is possible that Minoan hands once gathered olives from the tree at Ano Vouves near Chania.