ICA REGIONAL MUSEUM - Ica

This is the first Peruvian museum where paleo-pathological studies were conducted on human remains in various stages of pre-Hispanic culture of this region. The tour takes visitors through the Paracas and Nazca cultures, presenting the archaeological findings consistent with the ages and roles they played in history. The museum exhibits textiles, ceramics and various wooden instruments and soft metals. The Bio-anthropology room displays human remains which illustrate amazing cultural practices such as cranial deformation, some diseases, including trepanation (some with advanced healing process). Also hair dressing and funeral bodies. The museum also contains an exhibit of a replica of the Nazca lines. The museum has a collection of fossils from the region, which currently are not on display. All exhibits come from archaeological studies around the area or from “huaqueo” (Quechua: Looting of archaeological sites).