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Museo Santury

Santa Catalina 210, Arequipa, Peru

Featured Review : A few minutes walk from the Plaza de Armas of the Southern Peruvian colonial town of Arequipa is the Museo Universidad Catolica de Santa Maria, also know as Museo Santury. It is essentially an anthropological and archae...See Full Review

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R.I.P. Juanita

  • 4 out of 5 stars by Essexgirl09 from London, England, United Kingdom
  • March 15, 2010
Quote: A few minutes walk from the Plaza de Armas of the Southern Peruvian colonial town of Arequipa is the Museo Universidad Catolica de Santa Maria, also know as Museo Santury. It is essentially an anthropological and archaeological museum, looking at... Read the full Museo Santury review

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Arequipa's Best Museum

  • 4 out of 5 stars by Owen Lipsett from New York, New York
  • February 3, 2010
Arequipa's Best Museum
Quote: Over five hundred years ago, the Inca residents of the area around Arequipa were suffering from poor harvests. The reason, they believed, was that their gods were angry that they had no received the proper veneration. To appease them, the Incas... Read the full Museo Santury review

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Museo Santuarios Andinos

  • 4 out of 5 stars by WitlessWanderer from Bristol, United Kingdom
  • September 3, 2005
Quote: This museum displays mummies found on the mountaintops around Arequipa. The museum is often known as "Juanita" after its most famous resident. Juanita is the best preserved pre-Columbian mummy in South America. Carbon-14 dating has put her at... Read the full Museo Santury review

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Museo Santuarios Andinos

  • 3 out of 5 stars by apete from Royal Oak, Michigan
  • May 11, 2001
Quote: This is the museum where the famous Incan Ice Princess mummy, Juanita is housed. Juanita was found in 1995 on top of the Ampato Volcano near Arequipa. The tour consists of two parts the first half was a National Geographic Society video that... Read the full Museo Santury review

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