Meteorite Museum San Pedro de Atacama — DNA Bases, NASA Certification & What to Buy

A weathered dome in the center of San Pedro de Atacama hides NASA-certified meteorites containing DNA bases — organic compounds that may have seeded life on Earth.
Lost Civilizations! Face-to-Face with 4,000-Year-Old Mummies Older Than Egypt’s at Museo Chileno de Arte Precolombino

Lost Civilizations! Face-to-Face with 4,000-Year-Old Mummies Older Than Egypt’s at Museo Chileno de Arte Precolombino Traces of Lost Civilizations… Long Before the World Knew “Chile” A treasure trove of South America, this museum preserves the stories of flourishing civilizations before the colonial era and long before Europeans first set foot on this continent. The Highlights: […]
Travel Back 400 Million Years at Museo Nacional de Historia Natural, Chile’s Oldest Museum

Travel Back 400 Million Years at Museo Nacional de Historia Natural, Chile’s Oldest Museum Museum of Natural History Chile Highlights What’s the highlight here, and is it hard to get to? This is the Museo Nacional de Historia Natural, the oldest museum in Chile. The highlights are a 16-meter-long giant whale skeleton and incredibly rare […]