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Archaeologists find ancient mass child sacrifice in Peru

April 30, 2018 by Franklin Briceno
Archaeologists find ancient mass child sacrifice in Peru
This April 22, 2011 handout photo provided by National Geographic shows more than a dozen bodies preserved in dry sand for more than 500 years, at the Huanchaquito-Las Llamas site near Trujillo, Peru. Researchers reported that, "except for three adult burials (two females and one male), all the human skeletal remains were of children, ranging in age from approximately five to fourteen years, with the majority falling in the range of eight to twelve years of age." (Gabriel Prieto/National Geographic via AP)

Archaeologists in northern Peru say they have found evidence of what could be the world's largest single case of child sacrifice.



Read more at: https://phys.org/news/2018-04-archaeologists-ancient-mass-child-sacrifice.html#jCp

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