Mummy Mystery
Mummy Mystery
The 7000 year old mummies at the University of Tarapaca have been decaying extremely fast over the past few years. Harvard started testing the skin and found out that the extreme humidity was the culprit. Tiny microbes have been surviving in the humid environment, and the water activates the microbes as was proven after tests. The mummies come from the people called the Chinchorro that live in a dry region called the Atacama desert. The Atacama desert is one of the driest places on earth. The climate change in the region that the museum is in has caused it to become humid. The humidity must now be kept at forty to sixty percent to prevent decay. The science team also thinks humidity could cause harm to other important ancient
The 7000 year old mummies at the University of Tarapaca have been decaying extremely fast over the past few years. Harvard started testing the skin and found out that the extreme humidity was the culprit. Tiny microbes have been surviving in the humid environment, and the water activates the microbes as was proven after tests. The mummies come from the people called the Chinchorro that live in a dry region called the Atacama desert. The Atacama desert is one of the driest places on earth. The climate change in the region that the museum is in has caused it to become humid. The humidity must now be kept at forty to sixty percent to prevent decay. The science team also thinks humidity could cause harm to other important ancient