Three decades ago, researchers working atop the Llullaillaco volcano, located on the border between Argentina and Chile, discovered exceptionally well-preserved remains. The find included the ...

New radiocarbon dating of the ‘Llullaillaco Maiden’ appears to rule out a response to natural disasters or Inca campaigns of conquest.

Boys and girls were selected, often as part of an annual tribute to the Inca state. Chosen children typically came from noble families hoping to gain political favor through these rituals. The ...

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The Incas were known to engage in a sacrificial ritual involving children to appease their gods. Archaeologists have found and analyzed the remains of these human sacrifices, although not all of them ...

Around 500 years ago, four young girls in South America were bashed in the head and sacrificed in a gruesome Inca ritual. Researchers have conducted CT scans of their mummified remains, previously ...

These sacrifices were not random killings. They were state-organised acts carried out to honour powerful deities linked to mountains, nature, and imperial authority.Spanish-era historical accounts ...