Did These Children Have Their Hearts Ripped Out as a Sacrifice to an Ancient Rain God?
By Laura Geggel, Senior Writer | March 23, 2018 03:48pm ET
Did These Children Have Their Hearts Ripped Out as a Sacrifice to an Ancient Rain God?
An archaeologist excavates a 1,500-year-old site in northern Peru on March 21. Researchers have found 77 burials belonging to a mixture of pre-Inca Chimú, Salinar and Viru cultures at this site.
Construction workers in northern Peru recently uncovered a grisly discovery: The skeletal remains of 47 ancient people, including those of at least 12 children who were likely sacrificed by the ancient Chimú culture about 1,500 years ago.
The children's chest bones had cut marks on them, likely a sign of an attempt to break their ribs so that their hearts could be removed, archaeologist VÃctor Campaña León, director of the Las Lomas Archaeological Rescue Project, told La República, a Peruvian newspaper.
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