Terrible Resurrection

The Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Oct 13, 1868

Terrible Resurrection

Gen. Kilpatrick reports a singular and horrible circumstance which took place at Arica, on the south side of that city, during the earthquake. As the earth opened and yawned, there came up five hundred mummies, who stood in long lines facing the sea, every one of the skeletons in perfect preservation, the hands doubled up, and supporting the chin, the knees drawn up, and the feet supporting the fleshless body. This must have been one of the most frightful sights possible, and quite beyond description. The spot where these mummies now stand was once an old cemetery, some ninety years ago, it is said, and these skeletons are doubtless the fabled Incas and Indians who either buried themselves alive or were interred in this manner. They correspond exactly to the old mummies of the Incas.