yes, we have about 70 mummies, chinchorro mummies, in this store.e small. what can you tell me about this mummy? because if it was me, i would be very scared to work here. what do you love about yourjob? oh, it's very interesting. but these fragile relics, which date back as much as 2000 years before the egyptian mummies, are deteriorating at an increasing rate, in part due to climate change. there's no air conditioning here, and rising humidity levels are a big threat to the mummies. but it's hoped that a new $25 million museum will help protect them. is the local people's relationship with these mummies starting to change? do you know, what i find really amazing, is that i'd never even heard of the chinchorro mummies until i came to chile. now, this is crazy because they're the old mummies in the world, and everyone of course has heard of the egyptian mummies, but not the chinchorro mummies. so i get the feeling that things here are slowly changing and maybe in the future they'll get the recognition that they deserve. and along with this renewed a

last year chinchorro.ally recognised by unesco, who placed it on the world heritage list. but despite this, the chinchorro still have not entirely caught the public�*s imagination. the small fishing village of cullity camarones is the closest town to one of the world's top sites where the chinchorro mummies have been found. but here, chinchorro enthusiasts will find little more than a themed restaurant and some statues. so before we came here, some people said we could see the mummies in the ground and some said you could not, so i'm not sure what we would find but while we were having lunch, we got talking to the guy who runs the place and he says he can show us some mummies in the ground, and its two minutes down the road, so we're our way. ——so we are on our way. currently, the mummies buried in the ground are being left there by archaeologists for their protection. 0k. left there by archaeologists fortheir protection. 0k. here? and as we approach, we take great care not to disturb any of the remains. w

yes, we have about 70 mummies, chinchorro mummies, in this store.threat to the mummies. but it�*s hoped that a new $25 million museum will help protect them. is the local people�*s relationship with these mummies starting to change? do you know what i find really amazing is that i�*d had never even heard of the chinchorro mummies until i came to chile. now, this is crazy because they�*re the old mummies in the world, and everyone of course has heard of the egyptian mummies, but not the chinchorro mummies. so i get the feeling that things here are slowly changing and maybe in the future they�*ll get the recognition that they deserve. and along with this renewed appreciation of ancient chilean culture, there�*s also a greater focus forming on the stunning and unique landscapes and wildlife that you�*ll find here. i headed south to patagonia�*s new route of parks. here, 17 old and new national parks are joined together to create a huge network of wild areas to explore, an area the size of switzerland. it�*s been one outcome from the largest private lan