USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The Inca civilization, like other ancient Andean groups, practiced artificial mummification as a way of honoring their ancestors and preserving the connection between present and past.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Incas had two different methods of mummification: natural mummification (placing the dead body in a mountain area where the wind and cold will naturally mummify the remains) and artificial mummification (which utilized a beer made from corn to help preserve the body).

Detailed explanation-3: -Death was just as doted upon as birth and marriage. Individuals were mummified and stored so that they could continue to be brought out and be a part of public ceremonies. The dead were typically buried with their possessions. Occasionally, their belongings were burned in ritual.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Inca believed that the heavens were divided into four quarters. If a person lived a good life they lived in the part of heaven with the sun where there was plenty of food and drink. If they lived a bad life they had to live in the underworld where it was cold and they only had rocks to eat.

Detailed explanation-5: -The early Inca culture conducted mountain sacrifices in which the deceased were naturally mummified by the cold, arid, windy environments of the mountains. The Inca also mummified the deceased in the valley; the mummification technique used derived from their ancestors, the Chincorro (7000-1500 BC) (Rosso, 2014).