They were dead, but for the sake of the capacocha rituals, their bodies had to undergo a series of more unfortunate events.

The Incas were known to engage in a sacrificial ritual involving children to appease their gods. Archaeologists have found ...

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Children sacrificed to the gods by the Incas could have come from different parts of the empire, according to researchers. Researchers discovered the remains of two children laid on the top of two ...

New CT scans of Inca child mummies show how sacrifice rituals were carefully controlled and continued after death.