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The Inca

In Our Time

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The Inkas and the Dead Mummies

Most people in the Andes were at this time putting their dead into places where they would try out. The Inka elite dried their mummies and then brought them out for processions. They were fed, given drink and they were seen to be alive so people would interpret their actions. So the dead continued to be active within society.

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