More than 140 children may have had their hearts removed in ancient sacrifice in Peru

Wednesday, March 6, 2019 - 14:40 in Paleontology & Archaeology

Anthropologists have found evidence of a mass ritual killing that involved the deaths of more than 140 children, three adults, and at least 200 young llamas on the northern coast of Peru. The archaeological site, known as Huanchaquito-Las Llamas, represents one of the largest known cases of mass...

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