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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 ...

Scientists have examined the bodies of three 500-year-old Inca children. This has given new, detailed knowledge about the old Ince ritual "capacocha" which also involved sacrificing humans. Now we ...

Thanks to the use of satellite imaging technology, a group of Spanish scientists and researchers have uncovered a massive Inca sanctuary high in the Peruvian Andes that was once used for human ...

Inca children used for human sacrifices were fed drugs and alcohol for a year before their deaths, analysis of 500-year-old mummies have shown. Three child mummies were found near the summit of Volcan ...

A new analysis of three immaculately-preserved 500 year-old mummies found in 1999 atop a 22,000 foot volcano in South America reveals that Inca children were given increasing amounts of coca leaf and ...

Scientists from the Department of Forensic Medicine at the University of Copenhagen have examined the bodies of three 500-year-old Inca children along with scientists from Bradford University in ...