Reconstruction of the face of the Lady of Ampato

On October 24, the exhibition "Capacocha, following the Inca Divinities" was inaugurated, which summarizes the last five years of collaboration between the UW Center for Andean Studies and the Santa María Catholic University of Arequipa. At the event, a reconstruction of the face of the Lady of Ampato, found on the slopes of Ampato 28 years ago, was also exhibited for the first time. The reconstruction was carried out with scientific methods by the Swedish artist Oscar Nilsson. Three-dimensional models of each of the objects and engravings of them were also presented. The exhibition summarizes the scientific work carried out in the laboratory's isotopic, genetic and toxicological analyses. This research was carried out in cooperation with the University of Vienna, the Max Planck Institute in Jena and the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Bydgoszcz. The three-dimensional documentation was carried out in collaboration with the Wrocław University of Technology. The exhibition received funding from the Polish Ministry of Education and Science.

Admission to the exhibition is free and will be open to the public until November 24 of this year. 

The opening ceremony was attended by Dr. Franz Grupp Castelo Director of the Andean Sanctuaries Museum of the UCSM, Dr. Gonzalo Davila del Carpio Director of Research of the Vice-Rectorate of Research, Dr. Johan Reinhard the discoverer of the Lady of Ampato, National Geographic Explorer, Dr. Dominika Sieczkowska of the Center for Andean Studies of the University of Warsaw read a congratulatory letter from the Vice-Rector for Research of the University of Warsaw Professor Zygmunt Lalak, Dr. Dagmara Socha Deputy Director of the Center for Andean Studies of the University from Warsaw outlined in a few words the context of the exhibition, followed by the Director of the Deconcentrated Directorate of Culture Arequipa Archaeologist Harold Loli Rosales. The ceremony was crowned by words of gratitude from the Rector of UCSM, Dr. Manuel Alberto Briceño Ortega, who did the honors and opened the exhibition to the public.