but here, chinchorroenthusiasts will find little more than a themed restaurant and some statues.e the mummies in the ground and some said you couldn�*t. so i wasn�*t sure what we�*d 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. so and it�*s two minutes down the road, so we�*re on oui’ way. currently, the mummies buried in the ground are being left there by archaeologists for their protection. 0k, ok, here? and as we approach, we take great care not to disturb any of the remains. it�*s so close to the road. wow. it�*s so close to the road. what was it like growing up here? did you see many mummies when you were a child? there are thought to be thousands of mummies still in these hills and evidence of the chinchorro is scattered all around the area. behind the scenes of the san miguel da zappa museum, the careful study and preservation of the majority of the chinchorro mummies takes place. there�*s so many mummies here, vivian. how many? yes, we have about 70 mummies. chinchorro mummies in t