From the late British explorer John Torrington, to the haunting, and beautiful La Doncella, here is our list of Frozen People. \r
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# 7 John Torrington\r
In 1846, an explorer with the British Royal Navy set out on an expedition to help find the Northwest Passage but died prematurely at the age of 22 due to lead poisoning. He was buried in the desolate tundra of the Canadian Arctic. More than a century later, scientists dug up Torringtons makeshift grave and were shocked to find that his corpse had managed to stay mostly int. Pictures of his exhumed body sparked fear in many people because his eyes and mouth which were frozen in a haunting grin. Pictures of John Torrington inspired the song “Stranger in a Strange Land” by Iron Maiden and a story called “Wilderness Tips” by Margaret Atwood.\r
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# 6 The Beauty of Xioahe\r
In 2003, archaeologists were excavating the Xiaohe Mudi Graveyards when they discovered an entire cache of well-preserved mummies, including one known as the Beauty of Xiaohe. Her hair, skin, and even eyelashes were still int. She earned her name because her beauty seemed to transcend four millennia. She was a village leader and was dressed in something that designated her as a priestess, which was a rare position for women at the time. She was preserved by the natural aridity and salinity in the air which freezing and preserving corpses are predisposed to. \r
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# 5 Saint Zita\r
The patron saint of maids, St. Zita, spent her entire life taking care of those who needed her, which is why she was inducted into sainthood. The people loved her so much, that when she died in 1272 AD, many people claimed that a star appeared above her house. Her body was exhumed in 1580, and it was discovered that her body had barely decomposed in all that time. She was finally officially canonized in 1696, and her frozen body remains on display at the Basilica di San Frediano in her hometown of Lucca, Italy. \r
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# 4 Evita Peron\r
Evita died of cancer in 1952, and as the first wife of Argentinean president Juan Peron, she was one of the most beloved figures in the country. This is what lead to the decision by President Peron to embalm his wife. Peron hired Dr. Pedro Ana, who was so good at embalming they referred to his technique as the Art of Death. He would replace the blood and water in a body with glycerin, which preserved all the organs. The process took a year to complete and apparently, Evita remained so lifelike that the man in charge of watching over her body went mad with lust and fell in love with Miss Peron. After the process had been finished, she was finally buried. \r
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# 3 The Wet Mummy\r
The Wet Mummy lived 700 years ago and was submerged for 600 years in a waterlogged coffin. Remarkably, this Ming Dynasty era mummy was discovered in the middle of a town during a construction project. The woman was five feet tall and was fully clothed, buried with jewelry and a massive jade ring. She was unearthed during a construction project and found completely immersed in a brown fluid. \r
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# 2 Cherchen Man\r
The discovery of the Cherchen man forced many historians to re-interpret what they used to think about Eastern and Western civilizations. Thats because the Cherchen man was discovered buried in China, despite being of Caucasian origin. He is one of what has since become several hundred mummies now known as “Chinas Celtic Mummies.” He was wearing European wool and stayed perfectly preserved, including his garb. DNA testing definitively confirmed that he was of European descent, but how he and other European bodies ended up in China is still a mystery. \r
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# 1 La Doncella\r
This 15-year-old Incan girl seems to have been sacrificed by her people more than 500 years ago. We can tell she was sacrificed even though she died half a century ago because the extremely cold weather perfectly preserved her at the summit of Mount Llullaillaco where she was found. At 22,000 feet in the air, she was kept in perfect condition, despite no effort to try and preserve her body. She was also found with two other frozen corpses, a seven-year-old boy and six-year-old girl who also seemed to be sacrificed in some sort of ritual at the summit of the mountain. Many have nicknamed these discoveries as the “sleeping children of Inca” because they look as if they died slowly in a sleeping position before their bodies were frozen.
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